{"id":15202357,"date":"2026-07-09T13:25:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/black-sabbath-drummer-explains-wheelchair-use\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:33:22","slug":"black-sabbath-drummer-explains-wheelchair-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/black-sabbath-drummer-explains-wheelchair-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sabbath drummer explains wheelchair use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Ward, 78, reveals he has used a wheelchair for about 18 months, but is not &#8220;ill or giving up&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cy73znrkg5yo?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News \u2013 World \u2013 Birmingham \u2013 rss.app \u2192 manual entry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Ward, 78, reveals he has used a wheelchair 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