Lorna Doom, a founding member of the seminal Los Angeles-based punk band The Germs, has died. She was 61. Doom’s bandmate, drummer Don Bolles, confirmed her death in a Facebook post on Wednesday afternoon.
“She left this mortal coil today around 1,” Bolles wrote in the comments section under the status that simply read: “Lorna.”
“Teresa Ryan a/k/a Lorna Doom was always a woman of mystery. So much so, that even in her final days as she fought a tough, year-long battle with cancer, very few people even knew she was ill. She kept a very close knit social circle, and those who knew her and loved her always respected her desire for privacy,” a statement from Doom’s family and bandmates read.