Cortland native Ronnie James Dio will be honored Thursday with the SAMMYs Lifetime Achievement Award

... and fame. The legendary metal singer, and front man for bands like Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio, grew up in Cortland, N.Y. before fleeing Upstate New York for the tantalizing allure of Los Angeles. He would forge a 30-plus-year career that earned ...

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