The rock legend was the vocalist of Black Sabbath and died in his hometown of Birmingham, England Tuesday morning.

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.”

Black Sabbath "have lost our brother", says band's co-founder, weeks after farewell gig in their home city Birmingham.