John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne
(3 December 1948 – 22 July 2025)

The heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne has died, just weeks after
his "Back to the Beginning" farewell concert where he played
in front of a sold-out farewell show in England.

He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in February 2019
and In 2020, Osbourne also revealed that he had the smoking-
induced lung condition, emphysema.

A family statement confirmed he was surrounded by his family
at the time of his death.

Ozzy Osbourne onstage at the Back to the Beginning event
on Saturday.

Connie Francis (Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero)
(December 12, 1937 – July 16, 2025)

(Hollywood Reporter) -  Pop singer Connie Francis died
Wednesday.  A cause of death has not been revealed,
but Francis had been hospitalized earlier this month
after experiencing what she described as "extreme pain."

She underwent a series of tests and examinations while
in intensive care and was later transferred to a private
room.

Francis on the January 31, 1959, cover of
Cashbox magazine.

On July 9, 1962, folk singer Bob Dylan walked into a studio and
recorded the song that would make him a star: “Blowin’ In The
Wind.”

“This here ain’t no protest song or anything like that, ’cause I
don’t write no protest songs.” That was how Dylan introduced
one of the most eloquent protest songs ever written when he
first performed it
publicly. It was the spring of his first full year in New York City,
and he was onstage at Gerde’s Folk City in Greenwich Village,
talking about “Blowin’ In The Wind,” a song he claims to have
written in just 10 minutes.

Dylan’s recording of “Blowin’ In The Wind” would first be released
nearly a full year later, on his breakthrough album, The Freewheelin’
Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan (84)

New York City born Huey Lewis sang lead and played harmonica
for his band, Huey Lewis and the News, until being forced into
retirement due to hearing loss in 2018; he also wrote or co-wrote
many of the band’s songs.

The band is perhaps best known for their third, and best-selling,
album Sports, and their contribution to the soundtrack of the
1985 feature film Back to the Future. Lewis previously played
with the band Clover from 1972 to 1979.

Jimmy Lee Swaggart (March 15, 1935 – July 1, 2025)