It was a sweltering London day in August 2022 when I met Ozzy Osbourne in person for the last time at a posh hotel near Hyde Park. I took a seat, but the Prince of Darkness had to lay down since he was exhausted from his triumphant comeback performance in his hometown of Birmingham the night before,

In Birmingham, England, the singer’s hometown, fans paid tribute by leaving flowers, beer and tequila. The rapper Drake was there to pay his respects, too.

At the end of her July 22 Mayhem Ball performance in San Francisco, Gaga exposed an Ozzy Osbourne T-shirt underneath a black leather jacket, then played his 1980 debut solo single “Crazy Train” as she and her dancers walked a catwalk.