Rest In Peace Ronnie James Dio

[Va Beach VH Fan]

By the way, some nice pictures here.....

http://kevinestrada.wordpress.com/

[Hardrock69]

Thanks VA.

[Jagermeister]

'RONNIE JAMES DIO Day' In Los Angeles

The Los Angeles City Council officially declared May 30 "Ronnie James Dio Day." The announcement was made at Sunday's public memorial service for the legendary heavy metal singer who died of stomach cancer at the age of 67 two weeks earlier.

Eddie Trunk, host of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show", read councilmember Paul Koretz's official declaration to those 1,200 mourners gathered inside of Forest Lawn's Hall of Liberty, as well as the hundreds more who crowded the courtyards of the Griffith Park cemetery.

Watch video footage of Trunk's announcement below (courtesy of Christy Borgman).

Koretz's declaration in full:

"I would like to adjourn in memory of Ronnie James Dio. Born Ronald James Padavona, in Portsmouth New Hampshire in 1942. He had an amazing career in music, marked by tremendous successes with heavy metal bands ELF, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, and DIO. He began his career playing with rockabilly bands in the late 1950s, and gained wide exposure in 1972 while his band, ELF, as the opening act for DEEP PURPLE. In 1979, he replaced Ozzy Osbourne as the front man of BLACK SABBATH. He toured with BLACK SABBATH until 1982, by then he had formed his own group, DIO.

"Ronnie's charisma on stage was complemented by his compassion offstage. As an organizer for the non-profit organization Children of the Night, he was dedicated to the cause of assisting children who were forcefully subjected to prostitute themselves on the streets. Since 1979, this organization has provided victims of forced prostitution with intervention and counseling, as well as a roof over their heads and a place to sleep.

"He is survived by his wife, Wendy, who is chair of Children of the Night, and his son, Daniel, his father, Pat Padavona, and two grandchildren.

"For his countless fans and admirers, there will be a public memorial service this Sunday, May 30th at 2:00 PM at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills."







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[Hardrock69]

Right on....

[atomicpunk5151]

Pretty cool that even after he is gone he is still helping people. Hopefully the Cancer and other charities gets a boost from all this pub.

[Hardrock69]

Now is your chance.

This from the official fan page on Facebook:

For the Ronnie James Dio fans around the world that could not make it to
his Memorial, you can now make a $35.00 donation and get the official
Memorial Shirt (pictured), Memorial Program and Memorial Button. Your
donation will be going to the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout
Cancer Fund! This is our way of saying Thank
You for your donations! The shirts are in Medium, Large, X-Large, 2XL
and 3XL. The requested donation is $35.00 plus $10.70 Priority Shipping
in the USA (CA residents please add .0975 tax), $26.95 shipping in
Canada and Mexico and $15.00 shipping for the rest of the world. Please make your check or money order
payable to The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund and send
them to the Niji Entertainment Group, 12400 Ventura Blvd. #837, Studio
City, CA 91604 USA. You can also use your credit or debit card via
PayPal. There is a direct link on the home page of
www.ronniejamesdio.com that says "DONATE NOW." BE SURE TO SPECIFY YOUR
SHIRT SIZE! We are paying tribute to Ronnie James Dio and raising
$$$ to find a cure for Cancer!

And in more somber news, this was also posted 6 hours ago:

Ronnie James Dio was finally laid to rest on June 1st at 3:33 PM at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, CA. Ronnie was carried to his final resting place by his friends Vinny Appice, Geezer Butler, Craig Goldy, Steve Mignardi, Scott Warren and Simon Wright.

[Hardrock69]

Another dupe post.

[Hardrock69]

I finally took the time to sit down and watch the 2 dozen or so youtube vids of Ronnie's memorial service that I downloaded the other day.

Fantastic service. Of course there was an asshat - "THIS IS NOT A ROCK CONCERT!"
Fucking asshole.

Then the nutjobs. Fortunately there only appeared to be 2 or 3 of the Westboro assholes. God curse them.

And I do feel spAce made a complete ass out of himself. Some people just cannot be serious, even on serious occasions. But then, that is Ace.

Now, let's see if I get another dupe post out of this forum software.

Edit: Amazing.....a single post for once.

[ace diamond]

I do feel spAce made a complete ass out of himself. Some people just cannot be serious, even on serious occasions. But then, that is Ace.

BECAUSE I DON'T TAKE 98% OF THINGS IN LIFE ALL THAT SERIOUSLY.
I believe in celebrating life and remembering folks who have passed as they were at their finest when they were living.
so funerals for me are a celebration, not mourning and misery.
At the dio funeral, I was celebrating ronnie's life and music, not mourning it. a person never truly dies until no one remembers a single thing about them or anything that they did in their lifetime.
as evidence that ronhnie will live on, his various charities, his musical legacy, his family, friends, bandmates,
business partners, and most of all his fans will remember him for a very long time.
ronnie is in our hearts.
and as such, he is alive and well.
vinny appice asked me about why i wore the devil mask. i told him i did it just to spite and piss off the religious idiots outside protesting.
those westboro baffoons even got totally owned by some kid.
now that was really funny.
besides, don't you think ronnie would have taken the piss and had a right hearty laugh about it all?
i think he was laughing his ass off.
hell, i could practically hear him.
in the end, the award for "biggest douchebag and generally making a total horses ass of themselves" award
for that day goes to the westboro protestors.

[jhale667]

besides, don't you think ronnie would have taken the piss and had a right hearty laugh about it all?
i think he was laughing his ass off.

More like he was looking down saying "Check out THAT jackass!" If he indeed laughed, chances are it wasn't WITH you.

hell, i could practically hear him.

No, those are the voices in your head. Go back on your meds.

in the end, the award for "biggest douchebag and generally making a total horses ass of themselves" award
for that day goes to the westboro protestors.

Funny, your sorry ass tainted more tribute videos than THEY did...guess again.

[ace diamond]

By the way, some nice pictures here.....

http://kevinestrada.wordpress.com/

i'm in a couple of those pictures.
obviously i'm the one in the devil mask.

[ELVIS]

Whoa Elvis, why the hate?

For spaming the DIO thread...

[binnie]

Please don't indluge Ace, it will just lead to an argument which will soil this thread.

[Mr Walker]

And in more somber news, this was also posted 6 hours ago:

Still nothing from that cocksucker Vivian Campbell... what a fucking dick!

[chefcraig]

Still nothing from that cocksucker Vivian Campbell... what a fucking dick!

Probably has his hands full with that ever-taxing Thin Lizzy commitment.