History Trivia / RonnieJamesDio

* ReferencedBy: Ronnie's StageName would serve to be the namesake for the first name of the overall BigBad from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO Dio Brando]], with the name of his band inspiring his rename from ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' onward, DIO.

* NamesTheSame: When a Dutch rapper named Dio (real name Diorno Braaf) headlined the Zomerpop music festival, Ronnie James Dio's management issued a statement saying that it was not the metal band. "It has come to our attention that a band calling themselves DIO are advertised in Pollstar under Ronnie James Dio as playing Zomerpop festival in Netherlands on Sept 5/6."

* OldShame: When some of the songs from his earlier years resurfaced in the internet, Dio claimed he would've been happier if they had stayed hidden.

** He wasn't working on one, but ''two'' sequels for the ''Magica'' album before he died. Also, a second Heaven & Hell album was planned.

* CreativeDifferences: His animosity towards Ritchie Blackmore was ''legendary'' due to their highly adversarial relationship while Dio was in Music/{{Rainbow}}.
** It also probably wasn't a good idea to get him started on [[Music/DefLeppard Viv Campbell]].

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Unfortunately. The sadness factor of Dio's death is brought UpToEleven when you discover that just about 12 hours before he ''did'' die, a rumor got out that he was gone. His wife said he was hanging in there -- not doing good, but alive. This was at about 3:00 AM, May 16th. Flash forward 4 hours, 45 minutes...

** He wasn't working on one, but ''two'' sequels for the ''Magica'' album before he died. Also, a second Heaven and Hell album was also planned.

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Unfortunately. The sadness factor of Dio's death is brought UpToEleven when you discover that just about 12 hours before he ''did'' die, a rumor got out that he was gone. His wife said he was hanging in there - not doing good, but alive. This was at about 3:00 AM, May 16th. Flash forward 4 hours, 45 minutes...

** He wasn't working on one, but ''two'' sequels for the ''Magica'' album before he died. Also, a second Heaven & Hell album was also planned.

** He was originally cast to play Doviculus in BrutalLegend, but the role later went to Creator/TimCurry. Rumors speculated that the reason for Dio's departure from the project was because of behind the scenes fighting with Ozzy Osbourne (who did lend his voice to the game), but Tim Schafer set the story straight by saying that, as Doviculus changed over the course of development, Curry simply fit the role better than Dio (citing Curry's role in the film ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'' as a good example of why). Still feels like a NegatedMomentOfAwesome to not have Dio involved in the project though, considering that lending his voice to a game that celebrates everything heavy metal would have been a fitting send off.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Dio voiced Dr. X on Music/{{Queensryche}}'s ''[[OperationMindcrime Operation: Mindcrime II]]'' album.
** He sang on couple of songs on Roger Glover's ''The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast'' album.
** He also sang background vocals on Big Band version of "Holy Diver" on Pat Boone's ''In a Metal Mood'' album.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Unfortunately. The sadness factor of Dio's death is brought UpToEleven when you discover that just about 12 hours before he ''did'' die, a rumor got out that he was gone. His wife said he was hanging in there- not doing good, but alive. This was at about 3:00 AM, May 16th. Flash forward 4 hours, 45 minutes...

** He was originally cast to play Doviculus in BrutalLegend, but the role later went to Creator/TimCurry. Rumors speculated that the reason for Dio's departure from the project was because of behind the scenes fighting with Ozzy Osbourne (who did lend his voice to the game), but Tim Schafer set the story straight by saying that, as Doviculus changed over the course of development, Curry simply fit the role better than Dio (citing Curry's role in the film ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'' as a good example of why). Still feels like a NegatedMomentOfAwesome to not have Dio involved in the project though, considering that lending his voice to a game that celebrates everything heavy metal would have been a fitting send off.

** He was originally cast to play Doviculus in BrutalLegend, but the role later went to Tim Curry. Rumors speculated that the reason for Dio's departure from the project was because of behind the scenes fighting with Ozzy Osbourne (who did lend his voice to the game), but Tim Schafer set the story straight by saying that, as Doviculus changed over the course of development, Curry simply fit the role better than Dio (citing Curry's role in the film ''Film/{{Legend}}'' as a good example of why). Still feels like a NegatedMomentOfAwesome to not have Dio involved in the project though, considering that lending his voice to a game that celebrates everything heavy metal would have been a fitting send off.

** He was originally cast to play Doviculus in BrutalLegend, but the role later went to Tim Curry. Rumors speculated that the reason for Dio's departure from the project was because of behind the scenes fighting with Ozzy Osbourne (who did lend his voice to the game), but Tim Schafer set the story straight by saying that, as Doviculus changed over the course of development, Curry simply fit the role better than Dio (siting Curry's role in the film ''Film/{{Legend}}'' as a good example of why). Still feels like a NegatedMomentOfAwesome to not have Dio involved in the project though, considering that lending his voice to a game that celebrates everything heavy metal would have been a fitting send off.

** In the wake of Dio's death, [[{{Edguy}} Tobias Sammet]] revealed that the two of them had been discussing the possibility of Dio guesting in Music/{{Avantasia}}.