Ozzy....
 

Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness, dead at 76

Would be a good thread title......

RIP.

https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/entertainment/ozzy-osbourne-dead-black-sabbath-frontman-dies-at-76/

im in shock really. wow. i watched the sabbath farewell show a few weeks ago and he did great. love sabbath and love ozzy. RIP. wow this sucks

Early. So young in 70

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I think an era has just passed. Not really a fan or anything but Black Sabbath / Ozzy stood for something in our culture. This feels significant.

Saw them in 1970 at the Chicago Fairgrounds. Paranoid had just been released.
Terrible place to see them...flat floor that was sand/dirt. Ozzy was already a star....RIP

RIP, end of an era...but 76 isn't "young." Average life expectancy for a male is 74.8. He had an interesting, long (and I think well lived) life.

The concert video was in 1970. I was saying was so young then. Pretty subdued Iron Man. He and the band evolved, found their path and charged forward.

Ahhh...gotcha. My mistake.

I watched clips of Ozzy in his final farewell.
Could tell he was struggling to do it.

Dang. Also a huge fan.

Ozzy had an incredible life run from Black Sabbath, to solo career, then as a reality tv star. RIP Prince of Darkness

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One of my DJ friends had Ozzy in the studio for an interview to hype a upcoming local concert. He said Ozzy came in as a normal guy, and exchanged pleasantries an was seated and had the headphones put on. The second the "ON AIR" light came on, he transformed into OZZY, and as soon as the light went off, he was back to regular guy.

He had a long career. RIP Ozzy.

Dang, just heard this on The Fox, the valley's classic rock leader..... Was not into Sabath in real time but loved Ozzy when he went solo in my youth. Later started hearing Sabath and liked it later in life.

RIP Ozzy!

Well lived? Not sure.

Fame and fortune, Yes.
But fighting drug and alcohol addiction is whole adult life, and with songs like:
"The Road to Nowhere leads to Me", I wonder if he ever found happiness.
We'll never know.

Fair points, Dantilla. I'll say he had the opportunity to do a lot of things that not all humans will ever be able to do.

Mortality sucks. When a person has a long (or semi-long) life, I feel they at least had a chance to experience all that life has to offer. When a young person dies (especially a kid), that is a travesty to me.

He lived to age 76.

Way too many of my friends died much younger than I was at the same time. Some in their 30s from cancer. It is now sobering to see my friends dying at an advancing rate.

I go to very few weddings at my age, but way too many funerals or memorial services for people dying younger than I am.

Oh man, sad all around. RIP.

I still remember hearing Crazy Train for the first time in my dad's Ford after he picked us up from Jr high school. I was afraid to crank that up. Dad must be thing what the hell is this crap? I was hooked and bought his album that weekend.

I guess becoming musically aware in the 7th grade or so, loving Fats Domino, Bill Haley & the Comets, that era, I had trouble adapting into being a heavy metal fan when it came along. But no doubt, Ozzie was a pioneer in his own right. Now a legend...:(

RIP. My first concert was Ozzy, at the AC Convention center, despite not really being a huge fan….I think I was 13. Not even sure my parents knew I was there…

Flying High Again!!! Godspeed Sir Ozzy and Rest In Peace!!!

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Black Sabbath would have been just another band without Tony Iommi....imo

^^^the idiot news guy on the CBS 6:30 news called him Tony eeee oh me

One of my favs

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Rip.

Together again.


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That farewell concert was really wonderful and it's weird to say it but this news makes that farewell concert really really wonderful and sad and really awesome and sad and perfect

Not Colonel Bruce perfect but classy second place.

In '73 BS albums helped destroy the console stereo in my parents' living room when they weren't at home.

RIP Ozzy...

Loved his part in "The decline of Western Civilization Part II"

Funny, down to earth guy--reminded me of Lemmy.

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The thing I found interesting about Ozzy was the difference in speech between talking and singing . To hear him do an interview he sounded like a stammering incoherent idiot . But to hear him sing was 100 % different . Just amazing really , like two different people . He had a powerful singing voice . RIP

It's a shame as I was a big Black Sabbath and Ozzy fan.
What bothers me more is he was only 15 years older than me.
I guess all of our clocks are ticking.
RIP Ozzy

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There can be only one...

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I am not sure why, but I never really listened to his music until my son was in High School and college.

We would go for Saturday drives together, first in the 964 then in Choc's 560SL.

He began to appreciate my music sensibilities and I his.

I just didn't know the impact Ozzy had...I am happy I caught up.

Quick Sea Story.

Jack's fiance gave him tickets to a Steely Dan concert in Richmond, Va a few years ago. The encore was, of course, My Old School: The lady sitting next to him, probably my age or older, couldn't believe he knew all the lyrics.

RIP Ozzy. I get it.

Babylon Bee

Ozzy Clarifies To St. Peter He Was Just Joking About The Whole Satanism Thing

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PEARLY GATES — Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne sought to do away with some of the confusion about his life on Earth when arriving at the entrance to Heaven, clarifying to St. Peter that he was just joking about the whole Satanism thing.

After the end of his earthly life, Osbourne was seen by angelic witnesses explaining to St. Peter that his time spent surrounding himself with ghoulish, macabre decor and biting the heads off of bats was just for show.

"About all that satan-worship stuff, you know that was just an act, right, mate?" Osbourne was heard saying to St. Peter. "That ‘I'm the devil' biz was just a bit of flashy stage presence, yeah? Crazy way to get attention and set y'self apart from other bands, innit? I know it might seem like I'm evil and whatever, but y'gotta understand I'm down with the man upstairs, yeah, mate?"

One angelic insider reported that St. Peter remained skeptical. "I'm not sure he was buying it," the source said. "Ozzy was adamant that he's been a God-fearing Christian his whole life, and that his persona of being a blood-drinking, Satan-worshipping demon-king was just an attempt to put on a good show. At least that's what it sounded like he was saying. I can't be totally sure."

At publishing time, Osbourne had been granted probationary access to Heaven pending further review.

The Babylon Bee spoof is creative but, "if" (I say if to avoid a religion argument) there is Heaven and Hell then it really sucks for Osborne if he didn't take proper steps to be prepared for eternity before he died. Just sayin...

I can't believe he made it to age 50, much less 76. I've read several rock star bios with lots of stories about touring with Ozzy. The man was beyond nuts, even if those stories are only 10% true. Only Keith Moon could have topped him and made it to age 32.

...hole in the sky
take me to heaven
window in time
through it I fly...

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