I'd be lying to you guys if I didn't claim to be saddened by Ozzy's passing, but he lived a really full life considering his upbringing, and career ups and downs. He not only got to have one final show/celebration in his hometown, he then passed without dissolving before our eyes.

Dimebag Darrell's death was truly shocking (getting murdered on stage and all), and Peter Steele's death was much more emotionally difficult for me to deal with (April 14, 2010 was already a bad day for me, and finding out one of my idols died didn't help matters). We all sort of knew Ozzy was near the end, though I suspected it would be months after the last show, not a couple weeks after.