Died today at age 67.
I actually saw him live at the LA Forum in 84-85 around the Holy Diver album tour. He was so small but his voice was so powerful. I don't listen to that type of music much anymore, but to this day I love his voice. He and Geoff Tate from Queensryche were the best singers of that type and era, so distinctive.
RIP Dio.
R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio
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R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio
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RIP, Ronnie James
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Re: R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio
So over the weekend, why did stories insist that word of his passing was a hoax?
Because it was. At least at first.
What happened was that on Saturday at 9:45 p.m. PST, Dio's Wikipedia page was updated to note the rocker had died that day of stomach cancer. Click here to see the revision that, as best we can tell, started it all. (It's one sentence, at the end of the first paragraph.)
About two hours later, the metal site Blabbermouth.net tracked down Dio's wife/manager, Wendy. "I am at the hospital and Ronnie has NOT passed away!!!! He is not doing good, but he is not dead," Wendy Dio wrote.
Websites picked up the quote, and called hoax on the Wikipedia report.
Then on Sunday morning, about eight hours after Blabbermouth.net set things straight, Dio died.
Given that Dio was known to be ill—his Black Sabbath alumni band, Heaven & Hell, had recently canceled summer dates due to his battle with cancer—it's possible that the erroneous Wikipedia contributor wasn't a morbid prankster, but someone jumping the gun.