The Black Sabbath frontman's last gig was at Villa Park. He meant an awful lot to the people of Birmingham and never forgot his roots

Ozzy Osbourne was reportedly of the mindset that his Back to the Beginning concert would be his final goodbye to his bandmates and fellow music industry figures

Which minute of the game should Aston Villa fans be ring-­fencing to commemorate the late Ozzy Osbourne next season? Big Villa fan, of course, Black Sabbath’s frontman. And huge at Villa Park, his passing this week marked immediately by a club statement mourning the “world-renowned rock star and Villan”.

Few people knew Ozzy Osbourne more intimately than his Black Sabbath bandmates, who, despite their conflicts over the years, spent decades with the Prince of Darkness. To Geezer Butler, however, Osbourne wasn’t the Prince of Darkness at all; he was the “Prince of Laughter,” as the bassist wrote in a tribute to his old friend for The Times.

I am so privileged to have spent most of my life with him," Terence “Geezer” Butler said of his late bandmate and friend

Ozzy Osbourne’s bond with Aston Villa spanned decades. Here’s how the Prince of Darkness became a claret-and-blue icon.

Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne is survived by his wife Sharon and six children from two marriages, including one adopted child.

Former Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne following the sad passing of the Black Sabbath frontman. The 76-year-old died on Tuesday morning, surrounded by love and family, according to a statement released by his relatives.