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Topic: Black Sabbath

Ozzy Osbourne onstage during the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

Ozzy was ready to die, but not to go

Andi Zeisler
Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)

Ozzy's bandmate shocked by his condition

Alex Galbraith
Ozzy Osbourne speaks onstage during the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. (streaming on Disney+ at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 19, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio.Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Ozzy Osbourne dead at 76

Alex Galbraith
Black metal band on stage (Getty stock photo/AarStudio)

How death metal lyrics echo the Bible

Channah Fonseca Becar - The Conversation
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Ozzy Osbourne (A+E Networks)

Ozzy Osbourne, the "irresistible madman"

Ashlie D. Stevens
Axl Rose; Angus Young (AP/RTNKabik/Reuters/Jason Reed/Photo montage by Salon)

When is a band not itself?

Annie Zaleski
Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath (AP/Dan Steinberg)

JAMIE BLAINE - The Weeklings
Freddie Mercury (Associated Press)

ROBERT BURKE WARREN - The Weeklings
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Bob Dylan (AP)

Noah Berlatsky
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