Tribute To Ronnie James Dio – One Year After His Death [VIDEOS]

It's hard to believe it's already been one year,  to the date,  since the rock world was shocked when  Ronnie James Dio succumbed to stomach cancer at the age of 67. Check out the video of his widow, Wendy, and friend and band mate, Geezer Butler talk one year later after the death of one of the greatest rock voices of all time.
In 2010, we lost several in the rock n roll genre, but the death of Ronnie James Dio was arguably the death the impacted the most people.

Said ex-Van Halen bassist and current Chickenfoot bassist, Michael Anthony:

I don't know anybody that didn't grow up listening to his stuff," he said. "You know, Van Halen , we used to do from the first Rainbow album, we did 'Man On The Silver Mountain". I remember one time, the second Van Halen tour we were doing some festivals in Europe, and we actually played on the same show as Ronnie's band. Real powerful voice, you know, and definitely a driving force in hard rock music, that guy was."

Slash told 'The Pulse of Radio':

"He's just somebody I was influenced by," he said. " I played all the Rainbow stuff, I played the Dio stuff, the Sabbath stuff when I was in, you know, high school. I don't think that it's really set in what a, you know, huge figure in rock 'n' roll we lost, you know. Really major. Probably one of the most influential heavy metal singers of all time."

Join us as we look back at the death of of a legend with the video below, followed by  one of his greatest songs of our time.

First the video of his wife, Wendy, Geezer Butler and Ronnie's cousin, David 'Rock' Feinstein.

Here's one of my favorite songs (of many) with his own band, Dio.

What is your favorite Ronnie James Dio song? Leave your comments below.

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio