Death of Ronnie James Dio

July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010
Los Angeles, California | Age 67

Metal legend dead at 67
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By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Editor

NEW YORK

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.

"This hasn't really been a problem for me. 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. "I refuse...

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