Godfather of Metal’ bit the head off a dead bat and starred in his own reality TV show. He leaves behind a legacy as one of the most colourful showmen in rock ’n’ roll

MacKay praised the merits of Osbourne’s music and the metal genre as “communal”. He referenced Daniel Levitin, an American-Canadian psychologist and neuroscientist, formerly of McGill University and authour of the book, This is Your Brain on Music.