Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has paid a tender tribute to his friend and former bandmate Ozzy Osbourne, sharing his memories of how "the most incredible journey of our lives" began. Butler's recollections come in an essay penned for The Sunday Times, published yesterday, July 27.

"I didn’t realize then that I would never see Ozzy again after that night," Butler writes of the July 5 "Back to the Beginning" show in England.

Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler is reflecting on the band's final rehearsals with Ozzy Osbourne. In a piece written for The Sunday Times, the band's co-founder detailed how "frail" the late rockstar was in the lead up to their Villa Park show in Birmingham,

In an emotional essay, Geezer Butler recalled his decades-long friendship with Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final rehearsals.

Guitarist Tony Iommi revealed the rock legends had a brief encounter with the tycoon when he attended one of their concerts with his daughter.

Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22, less than three weeks after his emotional Black Sabbath farewell show at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, his wife and kids announced on Instagram. As tributes poured in, Osbourne’s fans and famous friends remembered his music and other big moments from his life. ...

Jean Powell and Gillian Hemming said the last time they saw Ozzy — who they referred to by his real name, John — was at Black Sabbath’s farewell concert. “He was frail, but it still came as a shock,” Powell told The Mirror, adding that she and her sister didn't know the "details of his death" at the time. But she was "thankful he died in England.”