https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/ozzy-osbourne-dies-at-76-weeks-after-farewell-show
It is with a heavy heart I must inform you all that the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osborne, has passed away, aged 76.
The frontman for the band that changed music forever, that kick started the birth of heavy metal and the band he had his final ever show with, Black Sabbath. An artist who soared to mainstream success with his solo work. A performer whose real life eccentricities and hard partying life style made him a pop culture icon and reality TV pioneer.
Many people thought he wouldn't make it this far. Just as many people thought he wouldn't make it period. Just about any crazy idea you can think of for a hard partying rocker was started by him. It felt like for many that if his lifestyle couldn't kill him, nothing will. To have made it this far, perhaps he made friends in high and/or low places. He did sell his soul for rock n' roll after all. By all accounts, it looks like a pretty fair trade.
The fact I got this news not from the web or the radio, but at work from a supervisor and an elderly co-worker, shows just how wide Ozzy's reach truly was.
Rest In Power, Ozzy. Your legacy will live on.
Feel free to share your favorite Ozzy/Sabbath songs or any tracks he was a guest on. Heck, share stories if you saw him in person.
I never did, but my dad did. He and everybody else were excited to have an after show meet n' greet with him during the Bark At The Moon tour... For the first two hours anyways. Went from 'I can't believe I get to meet Ozzy!' to 'Where the hell is that fat bastard!?' Though my dad was a bit classier. Said 'Good show, tonight.' And Ozzy went 'Thanks mate.' or something. And then signed his copy of Bark at the Moon.
He still has it somewhere in all the boxes backed from grandma's garage. When (and if) we finally unpack all that, that is getting framed.