The heavy metal frontman was perhaps best known for his time at Black Sabbath, when he replaced Ozzy Osbourne in 1979 and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Music was central to his ...

More than 15 years after the death of heavy metal icon Ronnie James Dio, his widow and friends are continuing the fight against cancer on his behalf. On Thursday, Wendy Dio and her friends and ...

Here is the favorite Ronnie James Dio song of five rock and metal icons. The legendary singer, who died of stomach cancer in 2010 at the age of 67, famously fronted Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio ...

This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW. No one makes it in the music business without blood, sweat and tears. And while the business itself dominates my usual commentary, there are moments ...

Ozzy Osbourne's widow, Sharon Osbourne, recently divulged that the rock star "tried to stab" his Black Sabbath replacement way before his tragic death at the age of 76. The Prince of Darkness had a ...

Ronnie James Dio onstage in 2007 with Heaven and Hell at Arena Spodek in Poland. Credit: Marek Krajcer (Maross)/Wikimedia Commons If you’re looking for the scribe who fits the bill or “World’s Most ...

With the possible exception of Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Ronnie James Dio is probably the greatest heavy metal singer of all time. Dio's a bit of an anomaly to metal's usual Satanic shtick–he's an ...