Peta praises Ozzy Osborune for ‘the gentle side he showed to animals’

The musician once famously bit the head off of a bat but later worked with the animal-protection group on an ad campaign

Perhaps the most notorious of Ozzy Osbourne's outrageous on-stage antics was biting the head off of a bat on stage. 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 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".