The Los Angeles City Council officially declared May 30 'Ronnie James Dio Day.'

The announcement was made at Sunday's public memorial service for the legendary heavy metal singer who died of stomach cancer at the age of 67 two weeks earlier.

Eddie Trunk, host of VH1 Classic's 'That Metal Show', read councilmember Paul Koretz's official declaration to those 1,200 mourners gathered inside of Forest Lawn's Hall of Liberty, as well as the hundreds more who crowded the courtyards of the Griffith Park cemetery.

You can watch footage of the service here:

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