Classic Rock

Lee Kerslake

and Ozzy Osbourne drummer Lee Kerslake has died at the age of 77 following a longrunning battle with cancer. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014 and the disease spread through his body. Five years later doctors advised him to arrange his affairs over the following eight months. Lee never gave up the fight, recording a final album, to be released, that examines the unique bonds of friendship between musicians. Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Ian Paice of Deep Purple and Kiss’s Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are among those to appear in his film.

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