| LC control no. | n 92020027 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.D559 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Dio, Ronnie James |
| Variant(s) | Padavona, Ronald James Pardovana, Ronald James Dio, 1942-2010 |
| See also | Corporate body: Rainbow (Musical group) Corporate body: Black Sabbath (Musical group) Corporate body: Dio (Musical group) Corporate body: Elf (Musical group) Corporate body: Heaven & Hell (Musical group) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Cortland (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1942-07-10 |
| Death date | 2010-05-16 |
| Place of birth | Portsmouth (N.H.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Heavy metal (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Rock musicians Composers |
| Found in | His Lock up the wolves [SR] p1990: label (Ronnie James Dio) All music guide WWW site, June 28, 2006 (Ronnie James Dio; b. Ronald James Padavona [article says Pardovana], July 10, 1949, Portsmouth, NH; heavy metal vocalist) Wikipedia, June 28, 2006 (Ronnie James Dio; b. Ronald James Padavona, July 10, 1942, Portsmouth, NH; heavy metal vocalist; Dio has given July 10, 1949 as his birthdate, but the 1942 date is the general consensus) Dio WWW site, June 28, 2006 (Ronnie James Dio, vocals; b. New Hampshire) New York times WWW site, May 18, 2010 (in obituary published May 16: Ronnie James Dio; b. Ronald James Padavona, Portsmouth, N.H.; took his stage name in tribute to the gangster Johnny Dio; d. Sunday [May 16, 2010], Los Angeles, aged 67; singer with the heavy-metal bands Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio, whose powerful, semioperatic vocal style and attachment to demonic imagery made him a mainstay of the genre) Wikipedia, August 15, 2018 (Ronnie James Dio; born Ronald James Padavona, July 10, 1942, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, died May 16, 2010, Los Angeles, California; known professionally as Ronnie James Dio or simply Dio; American singer, songwriter, and musician; he fronted and/or founded numerous groups including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven & Hell; grew up in Cortland, New York) |
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