![Mitch Lafon on Twitter: "On This Day -December 19th 1947. Respected bassist for Dio & Rainbow, Jimmy Bain, is born. Thank you for all the music Jimmy. Rest In Peace. https://t.co/Yx5nSaSj8k" / Mitch Lafon on Twitter: "On This Day -December 19th 1947. Respected bassist for Dio & Rainbow, Jimmy Bain, is born. Thank you for all the music Jimmy. Rest In Peace. https://t.co/Yx5nSaSj8k" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EMKtBSnWoAAQNK7.jpg)
Mitch Lafon on Twitter: "On This Day -December 19th 1947. Respected bassist for Dio & Rainbow, Jimmy Bain, is born. Thank you for all the music Jimmy. Rest In Peace. https://t.co/Yx5nSaSj8k" /
![Jimmy Bain: Hell-raising bassist with Rainbow who became tabloid fodder when he married into the aristocracy | The Independent | The Independent Jimmy Bain: Hell-raising bassist with Rainbow who became tabloid fodder when he married into the aristocracy | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/03/26/00/jimmy-baine_0.jpg?width=1200)
Jimmy Bain: Hell-raising bassist with Rainbow who became tabloid fodder when he married into the aristocracy | The Independent | The Independent
![Dave Mustaine on Twitter: "Jimmy Bain has passed away. I'm saddened by the loss of my friend. David & I were very close with Jimmy. Godspeed! https://t.co/dDO9M7nvcg" / Twitter Dave Mustaine on Twitter: "Jimmy Bain has passed away. I'm saddened by the loss of my friend. David & I were very close with Jimmy. Godspeed! https://t.co/dDO9M7nvcg" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZek1FEUsAAOaWd.png)
Dave Mustaine on Twitter: "Jimmy Bain has passed away. I'm saddened by the loss of my friend. David & I were very close with Jimmy. Godspeed! https://t.co/dDO9M7nvcg" / Twitter
Peter Makowski-Wordsmith - Tony Carey,yours truly and Jimmy Bain. Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow)- Japan. Can't remember the year.....Must have been fun. | Facebook
![Former Rainbow/DIO bassist Jimmy Bain has passed away, dead at 68 according to reports - Your Online Magazine for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Former Rainbow/DIO bassist Jimmy Bain has passed away, dead at 68 according to reports - Your Online Magazine for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal](https://myglobalmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/last-in-line-pic-14_wm.jpg)