Ozzy Osbourne is mourning the loss of his beloved dog Rocky. The Prince of Darkness took to social media to share the sad news. “Two days ago I lost my good friend Rocky, who was by my side for 15 years,” he wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of himself and the black and tan Pomeranian. “See you on the other side, my friend. I love you always.”

Rocky is a regular feature on Ozzy’s social media channels. In 2017, he shared a particularly memorable video of the dog headbanging to “Crazy Train” and captioned it, “My biggest fan, my dog ​​Rocky.”

Watch Ozzy’s emotional tribute to Rocky below.

Ozzy has had a difficult few years as he continues to struggle with health issues, including Back pain And Parkinson’s diseaseHis poor health forced the rock icon to retire from touring; however, his former Black Sabbath Bandmates have openly stated that they might want to play one last concert together.

In May Old Butler he said and Ozzy “have agreed” to play another show“Of course there is interest (on my part), but there is a big ‘but’ – you would have to talk to Bill (Ward) about it,” he said at the time. “Everyone wants to do it (but I don’t know if they) are able (to pull it off).”

“Ozzy wanted to finish everything “We’ll be back in Aston next year, at Aston Villa (Birmingham football stadium),” added the former Black Sabbath bassist. “I’m definitely in the process of finishing it all. … Ozzy and I have agreed, but I’m not sure about the others.”

The drummer replied to Butler last month and said: “I’m going to play some of the old favourite songs. I really enjoyed playing them back then and I’d like to play them one last time. I’m not going to talk publicly about my health, but I’ll just say that for my 76 years, I’m doing pretty well every day, I’m musically active every day and I lead a very busy and fulfilling life.”