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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Jenna Amatulli

Peta praises bat-biting Ozzy Osbourne for ‘the gentle side he showed to animals’

a man in a black suit sits on a bench next to a dog
Ozzy Osbourne films a music video in 2004 in Battersea Park, London. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images

Perhaps the most notorious of Ozzy Osbourne’s outrageous on-stage antics was biting the head off of a bat. So as tributes for the late rocker poured in from around the globe, one stuck out as particularly surprising – from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta).

The 76-year-old Black Sabbath frontman’s death was announced on Tuesday, with his family saying Osbourne – who suffered from various ailments, including a form of Parkinson’s disease – “was with his family and surrounded by love”.

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