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Dio’s debut single “Holy Diver” was originally intended to be a Black Sabbath song, said Ronnie James Dio’s widow. He had already formed the song when his first stint with Sabbath ended acrimoniously ...

Fin Costello, Getty Images / Warner Bros. Reflecting on the album's creation, Wendy revealed that Ronnie had written the songs "Holy Diver" and "Don't Talk to Strangers" during his time in Black ...

When 40-year-old Ronnie James Dio stormed out of Black Sabbath in 1982, finally defeated by the rampant drug abuse of guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, the world’s greatest heavy metal ...

When he left Sabbath, though, Dio pulled off his most amazing feat yet: his first solo album, Holy Diver. In a year when both ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ronnie James Dio, the pint-sized heavy metal singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, died on Sunday, five months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, his wife ...