Overview

• Geezer Butler details in a Sunday Times essay how Osbourne needed two helpers, a nurse and a studded cane to join rehearsals and performed seated because of Parkinson’s disease and spinal injuries
• The bassist recalls the farewell concert’s unusual ending as Ozzy remained on a throne while bandmates awkwardly shook his hand and presented him with a cake
• Kelly Osbourne posted a throwback video of her and her father dancing on their A&E series, calling it one of her favourite Ozzy moments and sharing what may be the last footage of him alive
• Coverage notes that the July 5 Back to the Beginning concert raised nearly $200 million for Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorns Children’s Hospice
• Family sources confirm Ozzy Osbourne died peacefully at 76 in his Buckinghamshire home on July 22, prompting an outpouring of tributes to his pioneering role in heavy metal