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Ronnie James Dio
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona, July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), was an American rock and heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sa…
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Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona, July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), was an American rock and heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio, among others. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser Hear 'n Aid. He was widely hailed as one of the most powerful singers in heavy metal, renowned for his consistently powerful voice. He is credited with popularizing the "metal horns" hand gesture in metal culture. Before his death, he was collaborating on a project with former Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice, under the moniker Heaven & Hell, whose only studio album, The Devil You Know, was released on April 28, 2009. He has sold over 47 million copies of albums with all of the bands he has worked with. He died of stomach cancer on May 16, 2010 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, CA. One of the last songs he recorded was titled "Metal Will Never Die".
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2022
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
Movie Self
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2017
Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2014
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2013
Dio | Finding the Sacred Heart
Movie Lead Vocals
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2012
Dio: The Singles Collection
Movie Himself
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2010
Heaven & Hell: Neon Nights - 30 Years of Heaven & Hell
Movie Himself
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2010
Heaven & Hell: Neon Nights: Live at Wacken
Movie vocals
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2010
Heaven & Hell: Neon Nights
Movie Vocals
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2009
Iron Maiden: Flight 666
Movie Self
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2009
Dio: At Tokyo Super Rock Festival
Movie Himself
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2007
Heaven & Hell: Live From Radio City Music Hall
Movie Vocals
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2006
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Movie Dio
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2006
Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977
Movie Vocals
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2006
Dio: Holy Diver Live
Movie Vocals
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2006
Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life
Movie Self
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2005
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Movie Self
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2005
Dio: We Rock
Movie
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2005
Armageddon Over Wacken 2004
Movie Singer
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2003
Dio: Evil or Divine
Movie Himself - Vocals
- 2002
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2001
Satan’s Top Forty
Movie Self
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2001
Satan’s Top 40
Movie Self
- 2000
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1999
Where Are They Now?
TV show Self
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1998
Dio: [1998] Inferno in Sofia
Movie Vox
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1997
South Park
TV show
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1996
Dio: [1996] Las Vegas, Nevada
Movie Vox
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1992
Black Sabbath: [1992] Beacon Theater, NY
Movie Vox
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1992
Black Sabbath: Monsters of Rock Italy
Movie Self
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1992
Black Sabbath: The Black Sabbath Story, Volume Two
Movie himself
- 1992
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1989
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 1
Movie Self
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1986
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
Movie Self [Dio]
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1985
Dio | Super Rock '85 in Japan
Movie Self
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1985
Live Aid
Movie Self
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1984
Dio | A Special from the Spectrum
Movie Self
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1983
Dio - Live in Holland
Movie Self / Vocalist
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1981
Black Sabbath & Blue Öyster Cult: Black and Blue
Movie Vocals
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1974
Rockpalast
TV show
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1974
The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
Movie Vocals
