
Legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio has died at the age of 67. The rocker, who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, was suffering from stomach cancer.
Dio told revealed he had contracted the disease last summer, shortly after wrapping up a U.S. tour with the latest incarnation of Sabbath, 'Heavem & Hell'.
'Today my heart is broken,' Wendy Dio wrote on the singer's site, adding he died at 7.45am.
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