Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the death of legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads, and to mark the occasion his bandmate Ozzy Osbourne took to social media to share a tribute.
Rhoads was killed in an airplane crash on March 19, 1982 while on tour with Ozzy for their Diary Of A Madman Tour. Randy was a big part of Ozzy's first two post-Black Sabbath albums, "Blizzard Of Ozz" and "Dairy Of A Madman", as the lead guitarist and a co-writer.
Ozzy took to Facebook this morning to pay tribute to Randy on the anniversary of his passing. He wrote, "Randy Rhoads was quite possibly the best composer & musician that I have ever met in my life. He came into my life like a bolt of lightning and as such he was gone again.
"I consider my self one of the luckiest men alive to have not only met him but also I had the great honor of being able to work with him. I will cherish the time I spent with him till the day I die LONG LIVE RANDY RHOADS. LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL. I LOVE YOU ALL."
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