- He met and started going out with his wife Linda when she was Joey Ramone's girlfriend, the final straw in Joey and Johnny's contentious relationship. The song 'The KKK Took My Baby Away' was written by Joey based on this incident.
- Was a very close friend of actor Nicolas Cage.
- He was a conservative Republican and a staunch supporter of Ronald Reagan and, before Johnny's death, George W. Bush.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 (as a member of the Ramones).
- Was a huge New York Yankees fan.
- Was the third of four original members of the Ramones to die. Joey and Dee Dee had previously died in 2001 and 2002, respectively, and Tommy would die ten years later, in 2014.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 442-444. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
- Christopher Ward (C.J. Ramone), who played bass in the Ramones from 1989 to 1996, was born on his 17th birthday.
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