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Talk Is Jericho

Holygram Diver - Ronnie James Dio Lives!

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Wendy Dio, wife and manager of the late, great, legendary, Ronnie James Dio, is sharing stories from her life with Ronnie! She’s talking about how they met, why he left Black Sabbath to start his own band, what inspired the swords and dragon imagery of Dio’s early days, and about his stomach cancer diagnosis. She also explains why she was shocked by his passing, and how she’s keeping his memory and legacy alive through is music and philanthropy (the 5th Annual Bowl For Ronnie is tomorrow night, November 7th)!! Plus, Wendy’s taking us behind-the-scenes of last summer’s DIO hologram tour, and what it took to make that happen.

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0:00.0

All right, welcome to Talk Us Jericho. It's the pod of Thunder and Rock and Roll and it's

0:16.4

all about the rock today on Talk Us Jericho with Wendy Dio, wife and manager of the late

0:22.6

great legendary Ronnie James Dio, who passed away from stomach cancer in May of 2010.

0:29.2

Wendy's keeping Ronnie's memory and legacy alive with some great events that both celebrate

0:33.2

his music and his philanthropy. She's telling us what it took to put together the Ronnie

0:37.0

James Dio hologram tour this summer. Very interesting stuff there. And what started

0:42.3

the annual Bull for Ronnie charity bowling event every year, the fifth annual Bull for

0:47.9

Ronnie is happening tomorrow night. November 7th at the Pins of Bowling Center in Los Angeles,

0:53.0

California with all kinds of celebrities and great rockers taking part. Last year's event

0:58.6

raised $74,000 for the Dio Cancer Fund. And Wendy's open to top that this year. There's

1:04.6

still a few tickets available or you can support the cause by bidding on any of the very cool

1:09.0

items in the silent auction. Just go to DioCancerFund.com. That's DioCancerFund.com. And remember,

1:16.4

go to Pins Bowling Center in LA tomorrow night. November 7th if you're in town to rock

1:21.7

out and bowl and do all those crazy fun things at the Bull for Ronnie event. Wendy's also

1:28.1

talking about how she first met Ronnie James Dio. Why you left Black Sabbath and started

1:32.8

her own band. What's your members about Ronnie's days at the Rainbow Barn girl, very famous

1:37.2

place? So we'll get to Wendy Dio coming up here. So I'm here with with Wendy Dio, which

1:43.5

is really cool because what's going on right now with the return of Ronnie James Dio,

1:49.4

the return of Dio, the hologram thing. And it's just the whole concept of this. There's

1:55.0

so much to talk about. It's really cool for me though because I was there. I think it

2:01.4

was the last public appearance that Ronnie ever made, which is at the Golden Gods that I

2:06.9

hosted it. Was that true? Was that his last appearance? That's the last appearance. Yes,

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