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'''Ronnie James Dio''' (born Ronald James Padavona) was a Heavy Metal musician from New Hampshire. He was well known for his powerful singing voice and popularizing [[Warding Gestures|"the horns"]] hand gesture. He worked with Elf, [[Rainbow (Musicband)|Rainbow]], [[Black Sabbath (Music)|Black Sabbath]], and his own solo band Dio. Near the end of his life, he handled the vocal duties of a reunited Sabbath, under the name Heaven and Hell.
 
He unfortunately was diagnosed with stomach cancer in November 2009. He <s> passed away</s> [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence|ascended into]] [[Trope Pantheons/Music|Rock & Roll Heaven]] May 16th, 2010, at 7:45 AM after a long, hard battle, confirmed by his wife Wendy Dio on his official website.
 
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* ''Trying to Burn the Sun'' (1975)
 
'''[[Rainbow (Musicband)|Rainbow]]''':
* ''Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow'' (1975)
* ''Rising'' (1976)
* ''Long Live Rock 'n' Roll'' (1978)
 
'''[[Black Sabbath (Music)|Black Sabbath]]''':
* ''Heaven and Hell'' (1980)
* ''The Mob Rules'' (1981)
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: The words "LOOK OUT!" show up in a ''lot'' of his songs.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: He was 38 when he first sang for Black Sabbath and 67 when he toured for the last time.
* [[Cover Version]]: He and guitarist [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] made a cover of [[Aerosmith (Music)|Aerosmith]]'s "Dream On".
** He contributed vocals to ''Welcome To My Nightmare: An All-Star Salute To [[Alice Cooper (Music)|Alice Cooper]]'', on the song "Welcome to My Nightmare".
** He also sang "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" on the ''We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year'' album.
** He further collaborated with Malmsteen and added [[Judas Priest (Music)|Tim]] [[Iced Earth|"Ripper"]] [[Yngwie Malmsteen|Owens]] to the mix to cover [[Ozzy Osbourne (Music)|Ozzy Osbourne]]'s [[Aleister Crowley|"Mr. Crowley"]]. In both of his collaborations with the guitarist, Malmsteen plays approximately two or three times more notes than necessary.
* [[Egocentric Team Naming]]
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Rainbows]]: There's always a mention of rainbows in his music.
** He WAS the vocalist of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.
** Making that an example of [[Everything's Better Withwith Rainbows|Rainbows Are Better With Dio]].
* ~Hey, It's That Voice!~: He voiced Dr. X on [[Queensryche]]'s ''[[Operation Mindcrime|Operation: Mindcrime II]]'' album.
** He sang on couple of songs on Roger Clover's ''The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast'' album.
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* [[Old Shame]]: When some of the songs from his earlier years resurfaced in the internet, Dio claimed he would've been happier if they had stayed hidden.
* [[Stage Names]]: Dio took his name from an italian mafia member Johnny Dioguardi. For your information, dio is italian for God.
* [[Start My Own]]: After he left [[Black Sabbath (Music)|Black Sabbath]].
* [[What Could Have Been]]: He wasn't working on one, but ''two'' sequels for the ''Magica'' album before he died. Also, a second Heaven & Hell album was also planned.
 
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* [[Nightmare Dreams]]: ''Dream Evil's'' title song and album artwork.
* [[Power Ballad]]: "All the Fools Sailed Away", "This is Your Life" and "As Long As It's Not About Love"
* [[Song of Song Titles]]: "My Eyes", covering his tenures in [[Rainbow (Musicband)|Rainbow]] and [[Black Sabbath (Music)|Black Sabbath]] as well.
* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]
* [[The X of Y]]: ''Master of the Moon''
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