Ozzy Osbourne: Followers pay tribute to Black Sabbath singer’s ‘immense cultural legacy’

Jim Simpson, Black Sabbath’s first supervisor, stated there was an inevitability about latest occasions.

“I’m not that surprised because Ozzy himself said he expected to die on stage at Villa Park, partially in jest but it was pretty inevitable, there’s still a huge sense of loss.

“The world has misplaced an normally type and delicate human being, and that is not the best way most individuals consider Ozzy however the Ozzy I knew was fairly completely different from the Ozzy that has dominated the media for the final 55 years.”

Speaking to BBC Radio WM, Simpson said his favourite memory of the late musician was when they got stranded in Paris.

“We had been ready for the morning flight to Birmingham and as I say, Ozzy was at all times a bit of bit picked on by the remaining and Ozzy and I had been at all times deep in dialog, primarily about music.

“Ozzy and I were talking and we didn’t hear the flight called so the other three sneaked out and took the flight back to Birmingham.

“They thought they’d performed a very soiled trick on us however they had been loopy. An evening out in Paris with Ozzy Osbourne, come on?”

The best way to remember Osbourne would be to build a “correct rock and roll museum” with a “stay music facility”, he stated.