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MY T PIMP
05-17-2010, 11:33 AM
Ronnie James Dio dead at 67

Credit:Lyle A. Waisman/FilmMagic


Heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio died on Sunday, May 16, 2010, according to a statement from his wife, Wendy. The 67-year-old New Hampshire native had been battling stomach cancer.
Dio first rose to fame as the lead singer for the band Rainbow, which he formed with former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In 1979, he replaced Ozzy Osbourne as the lead singer of Black Sabbath, eventually going on to record four albums with the group. He later formed his own band, Dio, and also toured with a reunited version of Sabbath called Heaven and Hell (to differentiate it from the Osbourne-led version of the band, which had also reunited).
accadacca
05-17-2010, 11:38 AM
RIP. The metal gods are smiling...Ronnie James is returning. :rockon:
fourtycal
05-17-2010, 11:54 AM
:hail2thechief:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmSt1oEIshE
accadacca
05-17-2010, 11:57 AM
WHEN THERE'S LIGHTNING... :rockit:
MY T PIMP
05-17-2010, 12:11 PM
An epic perfomance by a real rock'n Lerprechaun. I hope he now finds that pot of gold and the end of his rainbow.:gloom::hail2thechief:
Ride On
05-17-2010, 04:23 PM
All the great metal is dying ive herd people saying that daughtry and dmb is metal it is a sad world we live in
:rockon:
BruteForce
05-17-2010, 04:42 PM
Sad.. Stomach cancer. I have many of his albums (now on iPod). Good stuff and I'm glad to still be rocking to the old school stuff (Accept, Dio, Rammstein, Megadeth, etc)
fourtycal
05-17-2010, 05:56 PM
I have many of his albums (now on iPod). Good stuff and I'm glad to still be rocking to the old school stuff (Accept, Dio, Rammstein, Megadeth, etc)

:cheers:
greyhair biker
05-17-2010, 08:35 PM
I hang my head - :hail2thechief: RIP - the man could ROCK:nod:
ststephen
05-17-2010, 08:47 PM
Can't say I was a fan, but I read about him on a music forum I frequent. I guess he did some pretty cool things off the stage too like starting up "Children of the Night" to help runaway kids on the streets and "Hear N Aid" to fight famine in Africa and get the metal bands involved in charity.
Sombeech
05-17-2010, 09:15 PM
Ronnie actually "invented" the devil horns sign. :headbang:

I liked Black Sabbath's stuff better when RJD was the singer rather than Ozzy, although Ozzy's stuff was more popular.

Rock on little dude.
Sombeech
05-17-2010, 09:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s1S-ZyRYhI