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Post #530704 by MadDogMike on Mon, May 17, 2010 11:10 AM

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On 2010-05-16 13:36, bamalamalu wrote:
Dio.
Metal legend Ronnie James Dio dead at 67 after battle with stomach cancer
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10662055

Here's what a friend of mine wrote me:

The man that invented the "devil sign" (which ironically was actually a gypsy gesture to ward off evil) has died. I am so sad to hear that Ronnie James Dio - one of my personal all time favorites has passed away at 67. I actually met him once at a meet and greet and got to shake his little hand. He was a real gentlman and had the best pipes in the business.

I am so glad I got to see him some 12 times fronting Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell and Dio - he was only three feet tall and as ugly as a horny toad, but man he could sing! :(