- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDarrell Lance Abbott
- Nickname
- Dime
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Dimebag Darrell was born on August 20, 1966 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Triple Frontier (2019), The Big Short (2015) and Lethal Weapon (2016). He died on December 8, 2004 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
- Red/Pink dyed beard
- Unique "speed metal" guitar style
- Heavy guitar riffs
- As Diamond Darrell his trademark was thick black mascara
- Long curly hair
- Was originally called "Diamond" Darrell when Pantera was a glam-metal band.
- Five people died in the Columbus, Ohio rampage. That included Darrell, one fan present at the concert, an employee of the concert hall, one of Darrell's bodyguards, and the attacker himself, who was shot by a police officer present at the club.
- Both Dimebag Darrell and John Lennon were shot and killed on the same day. (December 8th).
- Wanted to become a filmmaker.
- Ace Frehley of KISS was his idol, so much so that Darrell got a tattoo of him on his chest. When he got to meet Frehley during a photo shoot for Guitar World magazine, Darrell asked Ace to autograph the tattoo. Immediately after the photo shoot was over, Darrell went to the nearest tattoo shop and had them make the autograph permanent.
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