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Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2025
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So cool he got to play out the final show, rip legend
Wonder if he knew it was coming. Glad he got that farewell concert
He and Sharon have been longtime proponents of euthanasia. It's entirely possible this was the plan all along.
Honestly, no judgment either way. Ozzy is a legend, and he died as he lived - on his own terms. RIP.
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There were some comments he made after the show that really made it sound like he knew his time was up.
The emotions he had during a few of the songs, I chalked up to the finality of the performance at the time. Now I definitely feel it was something bigger he knew.
Singing about end-times in your twenties is cool and edgy. Bringing those same lyrics to his metaphorical death bed, hit totally different and it showed.
The radio show I was listening to while driving this morning said that concert felt like a tribute except he was technically alive and present.
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"Mama I'm coming home."
Tearing up just typing it.
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Shocked he made it this long tbh. That's a long life of going hard
I'm not sure that's how I would describe his last 25 years. He was shuffling around on the Osbournes a quarter century ago looking a little worse for ware for someone in their early fifties.
I remember going to an ozzy concert around the time of the Osborne’s and he shuffled to the mic like an old man, and as soon as the music hit, he was running and jumping around stage like a madman. The concert was ozzy and Rob zombie so it was a great show, i also remember Rob zombie’s wife in a cage on stage
IIRC, those were early signs of his Parkinson's disease, and he was untreated at that point. He was doing much better for a number of years after that show, once they figured out what was wrong with him and started him on a treatment plan.
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The Osbournes are a bunch of Trump supporters. After the (allegedly) staged assassination attempt, the whole family hopped on The Osbournes podcast to sing his praises. I grew up with this family but I was so disgusted by their comments that I immediately unsubscribed and haven't followed anything Ozzy since...
Plus, his bitch wife is a grade-a asshole. Fired her many-year PA for not running BACK into a burning building to get her trinkets while he was in the back of an ambulance on a ventalator being treated for smoke inhalation from running in to the building to rescue her dog - which she'd left to burn. And she went on TV and gleefully recounted the story, laughing, because of what a good story it was.
Zero surprise she's a Trumper.
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Fuck.
I didn't know that about him. I wish I still didn't.
No shade on you. Thank you for bringing it up.
EDIT: I can't find anything about Ozzy or the Osbournes supporting Donald Trump, and most of the articles I can find even regarding the two are Ozzy calling Trump an out-of-touch old fool and the Osbournes sending him a C&D over his use of Crazy Train (with a note suggesting he use music from artists that actually support him, like Kanye, Kid Rock, and Ted Nugent). That said, I did find a podcast episode where they talk about the assassination attempt, but the synopsis doesn't say what they say about it. I guess I'll have to listen to it and judge for myself, when I have the spoons to do so.
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Besides being a Trump supporter, Ozzy was also a huge backer of Israel.
Ozzy Osbourne and celebrities slam BBC for anti-Israel bias in Gaza coverage
This month Ozzy's band Black Sabbath invited the Disturbed vocalist, known for signing artillery shells on Gaza, on their farewell performance
Disturbed Vocalist David Draiman Responds to Being Booed at Final Black Sabbath Concert
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So long Ozzy. Thanks for all the metal.
Dang, one of the few that I feel most people actually get sad about. He did get to live a long life though, longer than anyone else would have with all the shit he's done (don't mean that in a bad way). Rock in peace you legend.
RIP to the Prince of Darkness
One of my favorites: https://youtu.be/G3LvhdFEOqs
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Man, he made one last farewell before he joined the ferryman. This deserves all the respect he got. Fuckin legend!
He made it to the average expectancy. Considering he was anything but "average" he made it a lot longer than most I think expected.
R.I.P Hellraiser. May you rock out in the afterlife with Dio, Lemmy, Cliff and all the others we have lost. Forgive us for though you said 'No More Tears' we shed this loss. Rest easy.
"Sharon!"
Thank you, Ozzy. R.I.P.
Ozzy fucking rules. Absolute icon of metal.
I didn't think there was enough human in him left to die.
Rest easy you fucking legend. He will be very missed
If anyone would have been immortal, I'd be Ozzy. No such luck. RIP you legend.
We lost a pioneer of culture today. Ozzy had such a vast cultural reach he became a household name. I can’t tell you how many dogs I’ve met named Ozzy because of him.
Rest in Peace to one of the most incredible personalities in music ever.
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Ozzy finally took the Crazy Train himself.
Are they sure? Like it seems like it might be difficult to tell on that guy
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