His publicist Maureen O’Connor said he died in Los Angeles.
“We so appreciate the love and support that you have all given us … Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever.” “Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all,” she continued. “Many, many friends and family were able to say their private goodbyes before he peacefully passed away. “Today my heart is broken,” Wendy Dio, his wife and a manger, wrote on the singer’s website. “I refuse to be beaten in any shape or form so I’m going to beat you, too.”īut on Sunday, Dio–whose famous wailing vocals gave Black Sabbath a second life–succumbed to the disease, at age 67. Cancer ? I’ll kick the hell out of you,” declared Dio in March in an interview with KIAH-TV in Houston, where he was being treated for the disease. “This hasn’t really been a problem for me. Even as he endured grueling chemotherapy treatments to rid his stomach of cancer, Ronnie James Dio showed the fiery passion that made him a metal legend, flashing his famous devil’s horns signal as he lay in a hospital bed.
