Die heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio
Washington, May 16 .- Ronnie James Dio, one of the figures in heavy metal vocalist of Black Sabbath and other bands, died today at 67 years, said his wife, Wendy, Dio.
“Today my heart has broken. Ronnie died at 7:45 in the morning,” she said in the website of the artist. More than 8,000 people had sent messages of condolence to his Facebook page, terracotta warriors, at 21:30 GMT.
He had revealed last year that he suffered from stomach cancer and received treatment at a hospital in Houston (Texas).
“Many, many friends and family could say goodbye in private before he died in peace,” said Wendy Dio.
His last project was the band “Heaven and Hell”, which brought together former members of “Black Sabbath” and last year I take the album “The Devil You Know.”
Born in New Hampshire in 1942, He entered the world of music with his own group, “Elf”, but was placed in the center of the scene of the “heavy metal” to joining Rainbow, an experiment mounted by the Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore after leaving Deep Purple. “
I go into “Black Sabbath” in 1980, in replacement of vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, and in that legendary group recorded two albums “classics” of the hard rockers, “Heavy and Hell” and “Mob Rules”.
The battle between good and evil was one of his favorite subjects and attributed the popularity among fans of heavy metal to make the horns with his hand, representing the devil.
Just suffice it to note the large number of photos in which He takes the gesture.
The artist sang for Black Sabbath in three periods and led a band in between given its own name, which became an orphan today.
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