According to the wiki entry...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramones
Joey Ramone died in 2001 at the age of 50.
Johnny Ramone died in 2004 at the age of 56.
Dee Dee Ramone died in 2002 at the age of 51.
And of course, Tommy this year in 2011 at the age of 62.
Average age at death was 54 3/4 years.
They lived fast and died young.
Several of them were junkies. Bile duct failure is related to shooting junk.