 El Diario Associates joined in 1995 with Latin Communications Group, a firm that operates 18 radio stations, with Ramirez running the business's print division and serving on the board.A resident of City Island, Bronx, Ramirez died at age 52 on July 11, 1999 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan from pancreatic cancer.Divorced at the time of his death, he was survived by his fiancée, Pamela Merlo-Balfour, as well as by a daughter Christine, a son David and a granddaughter Angelica Gonzalez.