2023年9月16日 · Dio was trying to move a heavy garden gnome, but slipped and the gnome fell. He tried to catch it, which explains how it came to land on his thumb. It was a heavy figure, …

In September 2003, Dio accidentally severed his thumb during a gardening accident when a heavy garden gnome fell onto it. [37] Dio was concerned he would no longer be able to do his …

2004年9月10日 · Ronnie James Dio: "It was a killer garden gnome. I'm not joking, although I certainly wish I was. What happened was that I was in my yard trying to place this garden …

Ronnie James Dio: 'It was a killer garden gnome. I'm not joking, although I certainly wish I was. What happened was that I was in my yard trying to place this garden gnome on a slope.

2021年3月21日 · During an appearance on Rockin' Metal Revival, drummer Simon Wright looked back on parting ways with AC/DC in 1989 after a six-year tenure and joining Dio. Simon was …

A cast stone painted gnome sculpture. In 2003 Ronnie James Dio sustained a severed thumb during an accident during the placement of this particular gnome.

2021年7月9日 · On May 16, 2010, we lost Ronnie James Dio to cancer, robbing the metal world of one of the greatest-ever vocalists. From his days as a crooner in the early ’60s, to Elf, …

2020年5月11日 · Fact: In 2003 Dio lost part of his thumb to what he called a “killer garden gnome.” Afterwards Ronnie tossed the gnome in the trash, but it kept coming back. “It’s out …

Dio learned the hand gesture from his grandmother who occasionally used it. Apparently, it’s an old Italian apotropaic gesture intended to deflect misfortune and “get rid of” evil influences. …

2017年3月23日 · TIL heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, late vocalist of Black Sabbath, Rainbow, and Dio, lost the tip of his thumb to a garden gnome. It was then surgically re-attached.