After Ozzy Osbourne’s death
Last moment with long -standing guitarists
Ozzy Osbourne died. Guitarist Zakk Wylde remembers the last moments together with the “Prince of Darkness”.
Zakk Wylde (58), long-time guitarist and friend of Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025), remembered his last conversation with the deceased musician. , the Black Sabbath appearance on July 5 was last time that he saw Ozzy Osbourne personally-a direct conversation after the farewell concert of the British rock band no longer took place. “I just wanted to give him a break. I thought we would see him later – the next day or something. But no,” said Wylde.
Instead of a reunion, he only received one SMS: “The last message I got from OZ was: ‘Zakky, I’m sorry, it was like a madhouse behind. I didn’t see you.'” The rock musician thanked for “everything”. To say goodbye, Osbourne wrote “I love you, buddy”. “That was it,” Wilde recalled.
“Oz was just the best”
Zakk Wylde, himself a musician and front man of the heavy metal band Black Label Society, stood regularly on stage with Ozzy Osbourne since 1987 and took music with him for decades. Osbourne was also the godfather of Wildes’s oldest son. “Oz was simply the best,” said the 58-year-old looking back. “I have my father, who was a veteran of the Second World War; and then Ozzy, who was almost like a big brother. There were almost 20 years old age between us. Our relationship consisted of fun drinking – but if I needed advice, I could speak to him.”
At Black Sabbath’s last concert, Wylde Osbourne accompanied Osbourne on stage again. In retrospect, he described the appearance as “Business as Usual”, but emphasized that the priority that evening was “ensuring that it went well”. It was a special moment: “It was definitely amazing. Oz to see on stage when Sabbath was finished, it was the last time I saw him.”
Ozzy Osbourne died at the age of 76
A few weeks after his last concert, Ozzy Osbourne, the “Prince of Darkness”, died on July 22nd at the age of 76. A public mourning procession took place in his hometown Birmingham on Wednesday (July 30). The burial will take place on Thursday as part of a private ceremony in a church in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. The musician Yungblud (27) will keep a funeral speech there. Among the invited guests include Metallica front man James Hetfield (61), Elton John (78) and the still living members of Black Sabbath.
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