Dee Dee Ramone, born Douglas Colvin (September 18, 1952 - June 5, 2002) was a founding member of The Ramones, a heavily influential punk band. He was the bass player with the band until his departure in 1989. Colvin continued to record and write songs for the Ramones for over a decade after he left the band.

In 1987 Colvin started a brief career as rapper Dee Dee King, and then formed The Chinese Dragons as well as several other bands. He reunited with The Ramones one last time in 1996.

Colvin was found dead on the evening of June 5th, 2002, by his wife Barbara Zampini ("Barbara Ramone ") at his Hollywood, California apartment. A heroin overdose was the official cause of death. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.

His headstone features the Ramones seal surrounded by the line "I feel so safe flying on a ray on the highest trails above" taken from the song "Highest Trails Above" (by Dee Dee Ramone) from the Ramones album "Subterranean Jungle" (1983). At its base is the quote "Ok...I gotta go now".