Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever.”ĭio, who was known for his high falsetto, imposing presence, and mythic lyricism, was forced to cancel a European tour soon after making the announcement about his health. Please give us a few days of privacy to deal with this terrible loss. We so appreciate the love and support that you have all given us. “Many, many friends and family were able to say their private goodbyes before he peacefully passed away.
She said Ronnie passed just before 8 a.m.
“Today my heart is broken,” Wendy wrote in a message on Dio’s official website. He had been undergoing immediate treatment at the Mayo Clinic.Ĭheck out Ronnie James Dio’s life in photos, from Black Sabbath to Heaven and Hell.
The Holy Diver mastermind revealed last fall that he’d been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer. Ronnie James Dio, the former Elf, Rainbow and Black Sabbath singer who often claimed credit for inventing metal’s chief hand gesture, the devil horns, has died at the age of 67, according to a statement from his wife and manager Wendy Dio.
