Ex-manager for Ramones beaten to death

Ex-manager for Ramones beaten to death.

Holy crap, this is so shocking and depressing.

Linda Stein, a pioneer in New York's punk music scene who later became known as a real estate "broker to the stars," was beaten to death inside her Manhattan apartment, the medical examiner ruled.
Stein's daughter found her body Tuesday night face down in the living room of the Upper East Side apartment, where she lived alone. There were no signs of a break-in or robbery, and police said they had no motive or suspects.

An autopsy found that Stein, 62, died from blows to the head and neck, medical examiner spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said Wednesday.

Stein was the ex-wife of Seymour Stein, former president of Sire Records, which was the launching pad for the Ramones, Talking Heads and Madonna.

In many ways, Stein was pretty much responsible for The Ramones popularity and success. (Music aside, of course.) Now, I've never been the biggest Ramones fan, but those fuckers wrote some good songs. And to know that someone who was a part of spreading awareness about them and getting them to the point they eventually got to has died in such a violent way is depressing.

My heart goes out to her friends and relatives.

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Comments (38)

	hushmoney: 11/01/2007 10:54 AM Oh my god, that's so horrific. Luckily she got to live a fairly long life. But this is incredibly sad.
	kathy1224: 11/01/2007 10:54 AM wow...how horrible... :(
	skintight: 11/01/2007 10:56 AM jesus, thats terrible.
	nonnon: 11/01/2007 10:56 AM Man. That also means she was pretty responsible for a lot of Seymour Stein's decisions -- decisions that shaped a lot of music. Sad.
	I R Kitten, HEAR ME rewr: 11/01/2007 10:56 AM RIP That's terrible. It reminded me of that terrible story of how actress/director Adrienne Shelly died last year. It's so scary that people cannot be safe in their own homes.
	sappysuperunknown10: 11/01/2007 10:59 AM Oh my god. This is so shocking and sad :( Yeah, it's amazing how you can't even be safe in your house anymore. RIP
	thisgrandfacade: 11/01/2007 10:59 AM That's terrible :(
	Queen Of Cydonia: 11/01/2007 11:05 AM I hope they find who did this to her. This is just awful. RIP
	pumpkin(:: 11/01/2007 11:08 AM now in this world,nobody's safe,even in your house,school,work,anywhere. that's sad. people don't make anything for this. imagine how cruel the world is going to be when our kids grow up,this is going from bad to worse.
	zomgspud: 11/01/2007 11:22 AM that's awful
	davard: 11/01/2007 11:44 AM on my goodness how horrible
	frankievengeance: 11/01/2007 11:57 AM That's fucking horrible. Who in the bloody hell would do that?! People are so cruel nowadays..
	lcaaacla: 11/01/2007 12:17 PM thats horrible......who would do something like that?
	murderbabydoll: 11/01/2007 1:14 PM thats sooo horrible!! ppl are crazy.. who would do that?? :(
	mikadanger: 11/01/2007 1:24 PM RIP that's scary... that could happen to anyone. the ramones were really talented, she probably DID help to make some important desicions. i hope they catch whoever did this to her and make him pay!
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