
"I didn't get a chance to see him but I was talking to the drummer Vinny, and I said, 'Did he get my message?' 'I don't know,' he said.' And I said, 'Well, tell him to keep up the fight.' Then on the weekend, we heard he had passed away, which is sad. Osbourne added that he ran into BLACK SABBATH/ HEAVEN & HELL drummer Vinny Appice at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards show in early April and inquired about Dio's health. I thought it was bullshit when they told you, 'They can survive.' I just thought they were trying to smooth me over. When it lands at your doorstep you're like, 'What do you do? How do you get round this?' When Sharon got (colon) cancer, I'd never known anyone who survived.
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"Having been through that situation myself with (my wife) Sharon when we were doing (the reality TV show) 'The Osbournes', it's always somebody over there.

"As soon as I heard I heard he had been diagnosed with cancer, I sent him some encouragement," Osbourne said. Ozzy Osbourne told QMI Agency in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on in May that Ronnie James Dio's ultimately fatal battle with stomach cancer hit close to home. Photos of the ahow are available on the news blog Musica Metal. I love you, Ronnie."įan-filmed video footage of the Dio dedication and "Road To Nowhere" performance can be viewed below.

"I'd like to dedicate this to my old friend Ronnie James Dio," Osbourne said from the stage.

Ozzy Osbourne dedicated the song "Road To Nowhere" to his "old friend" Ronnie James Dio during Ozzy's Septemconcert at the Palasharp Arena in Milan, Italy.
