RIP Ronnie James Dio, 67

[Wayback]

Ronnie James Dio, who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath and later piloted the bands Heaven & Hell and Dio, died this morning of stomach cancer at age 67.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio

[Gazoo]

Vaya con Dios, Dio.

[RGMike]

Holy DIE-vah!  RIP RJD. Big voice, tiny man.

[Lightnin' Rod]

Nice homage from Morford...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/05/19/notes051910.DTL

RIP, Dio.  Not a personal fave (I saw him with Heaven and Hell a couple years ago, and found him beyond irritating), but I respect his place in the rock world.

[RGMike]

Nice homage from Morford...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/05/19/notes051910.DTL

RIP, Dio.  Not a personal fave (I saw him with Heaven and Hell a couple years ago, and found him beyond irritating), but I respect his place in the rock world.

That is a great piece --Morford can bring it when he's being genuine and not just on cruise control (which he often seems to be). And I too was not a big Dio fan -- he is, for me, in the category of guys-with-a-lot-to-answer-for, in that (like Eddie Vedder) there are far too many awful clones of him fronting equally awful bands. Not his fault, exactly, but you know what I mean.

[princessofcairo]

Nice homage from Morford...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/05/19/notes051910.DTL

That was awesome! Thanks.