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BLACK SABBATH Online's Joe Siegler reports:

"Below is the text of an email I received from Bill
Ward regarding the recent anniversary of the death of
Cozy Powell..."

"Hi Everyone,

Thanks, Joe, for reminding us it's been ten years
since Cozy died. I think about him from time to time.
I've always been grateful that our last phone
conversation ended on a high note. I felt we were both
sincere with each other, sharing mutual respect when
touching on our individual histories in Hard
Rock/Metal.

Over the years, death has sometimes come quickly to
old friends, and I've felt the pain and dilemma of not
returning a phone call as I would have liked to, but
didn't; not being able to say a proper good-bye in
life; being upset, or undone, or unresolved from the
last conversation, then feeling the loss of that end.
With Cozy, I felt we had the perfect ending
conversation. We talked from the heart. In hindsight,
our conversation seems gift-like, fitting perfectly
into the great order of things. Cozy died about ten
days after he and I spoke, maybe sooner, I'm not sure.

OK. Drum students - listen to this man. Check out the
band RAINBOW. Listen to 'Stargazer'. Cozy is a master.
Listen to the top of the song - that's Cozy Powell
playing. Discover this giant of rock drumming. He
lives forever on records and in our hearts.

Thanks, Coze - nice work.

Bill." 

-- Edited by SMC Productions at 10:12, 2008-04-20