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It is just that heavy metal musicians write in minor keys, and when you do that, you frighten people.

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Ronnie James Dio
Age: 67 †
Born: 1942
Born: July 10
Died: 2010
Died: May 16
Composer
Heavy Metal Singer
Novelist
Singer-Songwriter
Trumpeter
Vocalist
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Ronald James Padavona
Dio
Ronald Padavona
People
Metal
Metals
Musicians
Heavy
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Keys
Frighten
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Minor
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Minors

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