Mr. Dio, who sang in the band that bore his name, as well as in groups like Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell, was 67 when he died of stomach cancer on May 16. More than 1,200 fans gathered at a service inside the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, while hundreds more watched on monitors outside. Among the musicians who performed at the service were the keyboardist Scott Warren, who played a piano arrangement of Dio’s “This Is Your Life”; John Payne of Asia, who sang Black Sabbath’s “Heaven and Hell”; and Joey Belladonna of Anthrax, who sang Rainbow’s “Man on the Silver Mountain.” Willie Fyfe, Mr. Dio’s personal assistant, said: “Once he had a crowd in his hands, that’s where they stayed until it was time to go, then he’d give them back, and walk off and do his thing. Bless him. He’s still doing that now, and the guy is in a coffin.”
source by-nytimes.com
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