Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
7
Gender
Male
Birthday
December 19, 1947 ( 69 years old )
Place of Birth
Highland, Scotland, UK
Jimmy Bain
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.
Known For
Dio - Live in Holland
1983-12-04Dio: Evil or Divine
2003-07-01Dio | Finding the Sacred Heart
2013-05-27Dio | Super Rock '85 in Japan
1985-08-10Dio | A Special from the Spectrum
1984-12-31The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
1986-01-01Dio: We Rock
2005-08-05