Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, has died in the United Kingdom at the age of 76.
Black Sabbath have “lost our brother”, says the band’s co-founder, Tony Iommi, while bassist Terence ‘Geezer’ Butler remembers their final gig and drummer Bill Ward shares a photo of them together.
Osbourne’s death comes just weeks after the band played their farewell gig in his home city of Birmingham.
Queen’s Brian May, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Metallica, the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood and Yungblud have all paid tribute to Osbourne, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2019, and who was known for his energetic and controversial live shows.
Many fans also got to know him through reality TV show ‘The Osbournes’.
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