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Jimmy Bain

Jimmy Bain

Born: 1947-12-19 • Highland, Scotland, UK

James Stewart Bain (19 December 1947 – 23 January 2016) was a Scottish musician, best known for playing bass guitar in the bands Rainbow and Dio. He also worked with Kate Bush and Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, co-writing on his solo albums.

On 23 January 2016, he died while in his cabin on Def Leppard's "Hysteria on the High Seas" cruise. He was due to perform on the cruise with his group Last In Line the following day. The performance did not go ahead, and band members informed fans on the cruise that he had been battling pneumonia for some time. The cause of death was determined to be lung cancer tho he had not been diagnosed with cancer and was aware only of his pneumonia. He is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), not far from his bandmate Ronnie James Dio.

Filmography
Dio | Finding the Sacred Heart poster
Dio | Finding the Sacred Heart
2013 • Bass/Backing Vocals
Dio: We Rock poster
Dio: We Rock
2005
Dio: Evil or Divine poster
Dio: Evil or Divine
2003 • Himself - Bass
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions poster
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
1986 • Self [Dio]
Dio | Super Rock '85 in Japan poster
Dio | Super Rock '85 in Japan
1985 • Self
Dio | A Special from the Spectrum poster
Dio | A Special from the Spectrum
1984 • Self
Dio - Live in Holland poster
Dio - Live in Holland
1983 • Self/ Bass