Ronnie James Dio was 5'4”, the same height as Michael J. Fox, Pablo Picasso, and Glenn Danzig, according to reports. ¹⁾

Ronnie James Dio learnt to play the trumpet as a child. ²⁾

He was also a bassist in a band The Vegas Kings. ³⁾

His name is Ronald Padavona. ⁴⁾

Because heavy metal had not yet been formed, Ronnie grew up listening to opera and was a fan of Mario Lanza.⁵⁾

Ronnie attended the University of Buffalo and majored in pharmacology.⁶⁾

Dio is the Italian word for 'God,' although he got his stage name from Italian-American gangster Johnny Dio, whose real name was Giovanni Ignazio Dioguardi. ⁷⁾

Ronnie is well-known for his work with the band Elf, where he played bass and sang. ⁸⁾

Dan Padavona was adopted by Ronnie and his first wife, Loretta Berardi. In 2014, he published his first horror novel, Storberry. “It is an old-school, retro horror tale about a little Virginia community trying to survive a vampire infestation,” Dan explained to Blabbermouth. “It's a cross between Nosferatu and Night of the Living Dead”. ⁹⁾

Children Of The Sea was written during his first session with Black Sabbath in 1979, and it would debut on the Heaven And Hell album a year later. ¹⁰⁾