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THE BIG STORY: The long legal war over The Ramones, pitting Johnny Ramone’s widow against Joey Ramone’s brother, appears to finally be over.
The leaders of the pioneering punk band weren’t actually brothers – and they also didn’t like each other very much. After they died in the 2000s, that enmity seemed to pass to Johnny’s widow, Linda Cummings-Ramone, and Joey’s brother, Mickey Leigh. For years, the two have battled in court — over her use of the surname, over a Netflix biopic set to star Pete Davidson, and even over a ceremonial first pitch at a Mets game.
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But last week, new court filings disclosed that they had reached a settlement to resolve the dispute once and for all. Though the pair previously split the band’s intellectual property evenly, the filing said Linda had bought out Mickey’s share and now has “total control” over the band’s holding company.
Now that the litigation is over, is it finally time for a Ramones movie? We’ve got nothin’ to do, nowhere to go-oh…
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