When 40-year-old Ronnie James Dio stormed out of Black Sabbath in 1982, finally defeated by the rampant drug abuse of guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, the world’s greatest heavy metal ...

On the anniversary of Ronnie James Dio's death, celebrate the man's extensive catalog! This Saturday marks the fifth anniversary of Ronnie James Dio’s death due to stomach cancer. Dio, born Ronald ...

As Ronnie James Dio told me a year before he died in 2010: “To be in one world-famous band is more than most musicians can ever dream. To be in two is almost being greedy. But to find yourself being a ...

The first documentary film about Portsmouth, New Hampshire music legend Ronnie James Dio is finally coming to DVD and Blu-ray — with extra footage. The acclaimed rockumentary, “Dio: Dreamers Never Die ...

Ronnie James Dio is one of heavy metal’s most legendary lead vocalists, and undoubtedly its most well-traveled, having fronted no less than three classic bands, including the one that took his last ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ronnie James Dio, the pint-sized heavy metal singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, died on Sunday, five months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, his wife ...

Musicians are coming together to rock – and to fight cancer – in honor of Ronnie James Dio at a concert in the park. The Rock for Ronnie Concert in the Park is set for May 7 at Los Encinos Historic ...

On May 16, 2010, one of rock music’s greatest voices was silenced when Ronnie James Dio passed away from stomach cancer at age 67. Ever since, Dio’s widow Wendy has been tirelessly working to raise ...

The iron-lunged Anthrax vocalist Joey Belladonna always stood out among his thrash peers both for his impressive range and the unerring commitment to melody in his power-metal inspired vocals.

Ronnie James Dio was born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth. His parents moved to Cortland, New York when Ronnie was very young. He started playing the trumpet at the age of five ...