Ronnie James Dio Day
Ronnie James Dio Day is held on May 30. This event in the third decade of the month May is annual. Help us
As a child, Ronnie James Dio learned the trumpet and his father made him have lessons for two hours every day. He played on trumpet onstage with Gene Pitney when he was 15, his widow Wendy told Loudwire. He decided that he couldn't pull girls playing the trumpet, so he taught himself how to play bass.
The great Ronnie James Dio died on May 16, 2010. The Los Angeles City Council has officially declared May 30 Ronnie James Dio Day. The announcement was made at Sunday's public memorial service for the recently deceased, eternally awesome metal singer.
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