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Tributes flood in following death of Ozzy Osbourne

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 23 Jul 2025, 5:35pm
Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne playing at the Great Ngāruawāhia Music Festival in 1973. Photo / David Stone, AudioCulture
Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne playing at the Great Ngāruawāhia Music Festival in 1973. Photo / David Stone, AudioCulture

Tributes flood in following death of Ozzy Osbourne

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 23 Jul 2025, 5:35pm

More tributes for heavy metal pioneer Ozzy Osbourne, who's died aged 76.

Band-mates of Black Sabbath's lead singer say they've lost a brother.

Musos from Pearl Jam, Metallica and Aerosmith are calling Osbourne a hero, and an inspiration for generations.

US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says Osbourne helped bring metal music into the mainstream - at least, in the US.

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