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After debuting at last years wacken festival in germany, a hologram of late heavymetal singer ronnie james dio will set out on a world tour, backed by musicians who played with him, this fall. Wendy dio, widow and longtime manager of ronnie james dio, spoke to siriusxms trunk nation about the the longawaited autobiography of the heavy metal master, which is tentatively due in 2021. Dan padavona photos of ronnie james dios son with loretta. Holy diver is the debut studio album by american heavy metal band dio, released in 1983. Ronnie james dio band member of black sabbath anthology. May 12, 2018 james curl does an incredible job taking us through the life and career of ronnie james dio from his early years learning the trumpet through his time with elf, rainbow, black sabbath, and dio.
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