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Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 2:04 am**

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/ ... at-67.html

I loved his work with Rainbow. I respected his other work. I looked forward to more great work from him.

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 2:10 am**

I guess I never realized he was with Blackmore.
Man that due could wail !

RIP RJD

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 2:15 am**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFH36je9Hro

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 2:19 am**

He's been credited occassionally with inventing the "sign of the horns" rock salute, as well.
Though he says it actually comes from his grandmother as a sign to WARD OFF evil!

So, all those Satanists are unknowingly WARDING OFF Satan!

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 2:35 am**

aiki_mcr wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFH36je9Hro

Thanks for that.
One of my all time favorite oldies.
Yeah, that's ROCK N ROLL BABY!!

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 2:52 am**

May your afterlife be as rockin' as your life, Ronnie James Dio!

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 4:09 am**

Noooooooo!

Sonuva bich...

Nicest famous person I ever met.
There was a lot of power in that little body.

I'm sad now...

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 11:09 am**

One of the truly great heavy metal singers from a time when you could understand the lyrics. Devil horns in heaven. RIP.

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 1:28 pm**

He was one of the most gifted singers through the evolution of metal, yet he stayed true to his beliefs and foundation. Truly a very sad day indeed. RIP brother...

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 1:51 pm**

I saw him with Rainbow and when they did Man on the SIlver Mountain live it just blew me away. I dont guess at that time I knew who he was, but from then on I was a fan. He had a huge iconic rock voice that will be missed.

RIP RJD

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 4:01 pm**

<----- Totally bummed out about RJDIO. His legacy will live on as a legendary singer.

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 6:34 pm**

A bit of trivia, Ronald James Dio was born in New Hampshire from Italian parents, his real last name is Ronald James Padavona, he changed his name to Dio (BTW Dio in Italian means God) but it was not religion that motivated Dio to chose that name, Ronny James Dio partially named himself after a New York mobster Johnny Dioguardi.

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 6:42 pm**

I didn't know this! I thought he was gonna be ok. I'm crushed. Really, this bums me out.

Ronnie was/is in my top 5 of vocalists. He was such a cool guy too.

I'm gonna go cry now...

Posted: **Mon May 17, 2010 8:29 pm**

The last thing he did was the Jack Black vehicle..

And that was entertaining as well?

Posted: **Tue May 18, 2010 1:09 am**

Heavy rock has lost one of it's greats. RIP Ronnie