On tour with Last in Line when he died - LiL were former members of Dio.
Unfortunately for those of us of a certain age, all those rockers we grew up with are all getting on a bit and these threads will become more frequent.
Saw a great documentary about Thin Lizzy and the miracle is how Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham outlived Gary Moore and Phil Lynott. Robbo looks like a wreck and whilst Gorham looks fine allegedly he was twice the drugs Looney that Lynott ever was in their heyday.