Ozzy Osbourne 's bassist has recalled Black Sabbath's final gig and admits the late rocker 'needed assistance' during rehearsals.

Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath guitarist and co-founder, told UK broadcaster ITV that Osbourne was “frustrated” during the band’s farewell concert on July 5. The heavy metal icon died less than three weeks later, on July 22, at age 76.

Just weeks after closing the curtain on Black Sabbath’ s final show, Terence 'Geezer' Butler finds himself in a quieter, more private stage, one marked not by roaring amplifiers but by profound loss. On July 22, news broke that Ozzy Osbourne, the band’s inimitable frontman and Terence’s friend for almost six decades, had died at age 76.