Personal life: inserted article "the"← Previous revisionRevision as of 22:46, 7 October 2026 Line 110: Line 110: In 1983, Johnny was severely injured in a fight with Seth Macklin of the band Sub Zero Construction.{{cite news | title = Rock musician hurt in brawl | newspaper = New York Times | date = August 15, 1983 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/15/nyregion/rock-musician-hurt-in-brawl.html | access-date = July 9, 2014}}{{cite news | agency = Associated Press | title = Jealous rage | newspaper = Courier | location = Prescott, AZ | pages = 11B | date = August 16, 1983 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=892&dat=19830816&id=JFZIAAAAIBAJ&pg=6555,2487710 | access-date = July 9, 2014}} He was saved by emergency brain surgery and, according to a reporter at the time, "got better fast. He plays the same but his hair is a little shorter."{{Cite journal |last=Savage |first=Javi |date=1984 |title=N.Y.H.C. News |url=https://archive.org/details/BigCityFanzineNumber6NewYorkNY/page/n2/mode/1up |journal=Big City Fanzine |issue=6 |via=Internet Archive}} Johnny later said, "I was ready to play in three months, and our next album would be titled ''[[Too Tough to Die]]''".{{sfn|Ramone|2012|p=102}} In 1983, Johnny was severely injured in a fight with Seth Macklin of the band Sub Zero Construction.{{cite news | title = Rock musician hurt in brawl | newspaper = New York Times | date = August 15, 1983 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/15/nyregion/rock-musician-hurt-in-brawl.html | access-date = July 9, 2014}}{{cite news | agency = Associated Press | title = Jealous rage | newspaper = Courier | location = Prescott, AZ | pages = 11B | date = August 16, 1983 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=892&dat=19830816&id=JFZIAAAAIBAJ&pg=6555,2487710 | access-date = July 9, 2014}} He was saved by emergency brain surgery and, according to a reporter at the time, "got better fast. He plays the same but his hair is a little shorter."{{Cite journal |last=Savage |first=Javi |date=1984 |title=N.Y.H.C. News |url=https://archive.org/details/BigCityFanzineNumber6NewYorkNY/page/n2/mode/1up |journal=Big City Fanzine |issue=6 |via=Internet Archive}} Johnny later said, "I was ready to play in three months, and our next album would be titled ''[[Too Tough to Die]]''".{{sfn|Ramone|2012|p=102}} Johnny married his second wife, [[Linda Ramone|Linda]], in 1984 at the office of the city clerk in New York City. She had originally dated [[Joey Ramone]], but left him for Johnny.{{cite news | title =Desperate rock wives: The women who've broken the most hearts in music | newspaper =MSN Music | date =February 4, 2011 | url =http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=27546740&page=10 | access-date =September 15, 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131203054008/http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=27546740&page=10 | archive-date =December 3, 2013 | url-status =dead }}{{cite news | last =Patterson | first =Julian | title =The 10 Most Infamous Love Triangles in Music History | newspaper =Complex Magazine | date =June 7, 2012 | url =http://www.complex.com/music/2012/06/the-10-most-infamous-love-triangles-in-music-history/linda-ramone-joey-ramone-johnny-ramone | access-date =September 15, 2013 | archive-date =October 6, 2014 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111213/http://www.complex.com/music/2012/06/the-10-most-infamous-love-triangles-in-music-history/linda-ramone-joey-ramone-johnny-ramone | url-status =dead }} Joey and Johnny continued to tour as the Ramones after this, but their relationship worsened. However, despite reports that they had stopped talking to each other altogether, Johnny talks fondly of Joey in his book [[Commando (book)|''Commando'']]. Years later, when Joey was in hospital dying of lymphoma, Johnny refused to telephone him. Johnny later discussed this incident in the film ''[[End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones]]'', saying an attempt at such a reunion would have been futile. He did add that he was very depressed after Joey's death. When pressed, he acknowledged that this was because of the bond forged by the band. In their road manager Monte Melnick's book about his time with the Ramones, Johnny is quoted as having said, "I'm not doing anything without him. I felt that was it. He was my partner. Me and him. I miss that."{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} Johnny married his second wife, [[Linda Ramone|Linda]], in 1984 at the office of the city clerk in New York City. She had originally dated [[Joey Ramone]], but left him for Johnny.{{cite news | title =Desperate rock wives: The women who've broken the most hearts in music | newspaper =MSN Music | date =February 4, 2011 | url =http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=27546740&page=10 | access-date =September 15, 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131203054008/http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=27546740&page=10 | archive-date =December 3, 2013 | url-status =dead }}{{cite news | last =Patterson | first =Julian | title =The 10 Most Infamous Love Triangles in Music History | newspaper =Complex Magazine | date =June 7, 2012 | url =http://www.complex.com/music/2012/06/the-10-most-infamous-love-triangles-in-music-history/linda-ramone-joey-ramone-johnny-ramone | access-date =September 15, 2013 | archive-date =October 6, 2014 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111213/http://www.complex.com/music/2012/06/the-10-most-infamous-love-triangles-in-music-history/linda-ramone-joey-ramone-johnny-ramone | url-status =dead }} Joey and Johnny continued to tour as the Ramones after this, but their relationship worsened. However, despite reports that they had stopped talking to each other altogether, Johnny talks fondly of Joey in his book [[Commando (book)|''Commando'']]. Years later, when Joey was in the hospital dying of lymphoma, Johnny refused to telephone him. Johnny later discussed this incident in the film ''[[End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones]]'', saying an attempt at such a reunion would have been futile. He did add that he was very depressed after Joey's death. When pressed, he acknowledged that this was because of the bond forged by the band. In their road manager Monte Melnick's book about his time with the Ramones, Johnny is quoted as having said, "I'm not doing anything without him. I felt that was it. He was my partner. Me and him. I miss that."{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} Johnny was Catholic. Though he considered himself religious, he did not attend church due to physical abuse he suffered at the hands of nuns as a youth.{{sfn|Ramone|2012|p=17}} Johnny was Catholic. Though he considered himself religious, he did not attend church due to physical abuse he suffered at the hands of nuns as a youth.{{sfn|Ramone|2012|p=17}}