“I told him how much I loved his music and how Randy Rhoads inspired me to play guitar,” Hill, now 46, told Newsweek. “And I asked for an autograph.”<\/p>\n
While his classmates received responses to their letters, Hill didn’t. That was until two years later when an unexpected package arrived on his doorstep.<\/p>\n
Inside was a typed letter thanking him for being a fan and an autographed 8×10 photo of Ozzy himself. “I was absolutely shocked,” Hill said. “The fact that it took so long told me that he truly loved his fans… It meant the absolute world to me.”<\/p>\n
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The moment stuck with him, and the picture has remained framed and proudly displayed in every place he’s lived over the last 30 years.<\/p>\n
“It’s the only piece of ‘art’ that has always been on my wall. Usually it’s hung near my guitars. It reminds me that music has real power, and that acts of kindness do too,” Hill said.<\/p>\n
“To go through what must have been thousands upon thousands of letters and actually read them… I mean that costs money, takes time and effort. That told me a lot.”<\/p>\n
The rock world has been mourning the Black Sabbath legend<\/a>, who died on July 22 at the age of 76, just weeks after reuniting with his bandmates for a farewell concert<\/a> in his hometown and receiving the Freedom of the City of Birmingham on June 28.<\/p>\n