Douglas Glenn Colvin was born on the 18th September, 1951 in Fort Lee, Virginia USA, and died on the 5th June, 2002 in Hollywood, USA. He was a musician and songwriter, who rose to fame as the bassist and songwriter of the popular rock band the Ramones. Dee Dee Ramone accumulated his net worth being active in show business from 1966 to 2002. Ramone suffered from drug addiction almost all his life, becoming hooked when still a teenager. Unfortunately, the previously mentioned problem became fatal since Dee Dee died after a heroin overdose.
Was the musician and songwriter rich? Reportedly, sources estimate that at the time of his death Dee Dee’s net worth was equal to $500,000, perhaps little reflection of a relatively successful career spanning more than 35 years.
Dee Dee Ramone Net Worth $500,000
To begin with, Ramone was the eldest of two children, all of whom spent their childhood in Germany, as their father served in the US military. His mother was an alcoholic and was 20 years younger than his father. The family lived in Munich and then in Pirmasens, where he discovered rock, reading magazines. The family then moved to Berlin, before Ramone got back to New York in the early 1970s with his mother and sister Beverly. Soon, he became friends with Jeff Hyman and John Cummings, and they decided to form a band, and soon they presented as the Ramones, with each taking the pseudonym Ramone. Dee Dee was the author of most songs of the group, drawing inspiration from past experiences. Little by little it became a profitable career which increased the net worth of Dee Dee Ramone considerably. However, he left the group in 1989, exhausted physically, mentally and morally by years of excess (drugs, alcohol), where most of his money went.
Dee Dee then released a few solo albums; the self-titled one with a hip-hop style was very well received by both fans and critics. Later, he founded the band Dee Dee Ramone and the Chinese Dragons (1992 – 1993), which was followed by ICLC in 1994 with whom he made the EP “I Hate Freaks Like You“. Then Dee Dee Ramone founded The Ramainz, a tribute to the Ramones group Marky Ramone, CJ Ramone’s wife Barbara and Dee Dee. He continued his career with Daniel Rey, Barbara Zampini and Marky Ramone. They released “Zonked“ (1997), “Hop Around” (2000) and “Latest and Greatest” (2000), on which he worked with Chris Spedding, the legendary guitarist. To add more, Dee Dee collaborated with many artists including GG Allin, Nina Hagen and Youth Gone Mad. All these projects contributed steadily to Dee Dee’s net worth.
Furthermore, Ramone wrote several books about his career: “Poison Heart: Surviving the Ramones” and “Legend of a Rock Star”. “Chelsea Horror Hotel: A Novel” by Ramone was published in 2001.
Dee Dee Ramone was always the driving force of the group. His songs often reflected the violence of his life, but always with humour and irony. Curiously, his death caused by an overdose surprised many of his acquaintances, who thought that he was definitely off drugs. Dee Dee Ramone died on the 5th June, 2002, and is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, USA.
