Well, this is a freaking buzzkill.

Yeah, this sucks. He was only 67 years old.

Best. Metal. Singer. EVER.

RIP, Ronnie.

Dio was awesome.

I'm a Rainbow fan, loved his work with them.

RIP. :rockon:

Kinda funny, last month I saw Porcupine Tree and the opening act was a group I hadn't heard of before named Bigelf. I remember at the time thinking of Dio and his group Elf.

Oh they say that it's over, yeah
And it just had to be
Oh they say that it's over
Poor lost children of the sea, yeah

LOOK OUT! The sky is falling down!
LOOK OUT! The world is spinning round and round and round!
LOOK OUT! The sun is going black, black
LOOK OUT! It's never never never coming back, LOOK OUT!

a very sad day for metal fans everywhere. Not only a great vocalist and performer but a great person as well.

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I credit this tune, amongst scant others, for getting me “into” "metal":
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R.I.P.
http://msp287.photobucket.com/albums...orns_story.jpg

I think Roger Glover is on bass for this ELF track right before ELF joined Blackmore? I think. Anyway:

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Wow...that sucks......definately a legend....

RIP ronnie...

incredible singer, incredible voice

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Classic Rainbow, classic Dio, classic Blackmore at the end:

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