Stereogum — Since 2005, the intellectual property of the Ramones was owned 50-50 between Joey Ramone’s brother Mickey Leigh (born Mitchel Hyman) and Johnny Ramone’s wife Linda Cummings-Ramone. The last few years have been marred by a lot of infighting between the two, both in and out of court; one such point of contention came in August 2024, when Leigh sued Cummings-Ramone for "exploiting" the Ramones' legacy due to being "unabashedly obsessed with portraying herself as the widow of Johnny Ramone." Now, Cummings-Ramone is free to do whatever she wants with the Ramones' legacy, because she's bought Leigh out of the estate, known as Ramones Productions, Inc.
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