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CBS News
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- CBS News
Philadelphia radio DJs remember Ozzy Osbourne: "He started it all"
Seventeen days after appearing on stage with his Black Sabbath band mates for the final time, Ozzy Osbourne died Tuesday at the age of 76. Osbourne is known both as a pioneer of heavy metal and as a goofy and lovable father on a hit reality TV show of the early 2000s. He was born John Michael Osbourne on Dec. 3, 1948. 93.3 WMMR DJ Jacky BamBam said, "He started it all … Ozzy was your Prince of Darkness." "Watching Ozzy on stage, listening to his music, it gives you life," DJ Sara Parker said. "It makes you feel that wild energy that makes you just want to push forward." Osbourne and his Black Sabbath bandmates have been referred to as the Beatles of heavy metal, pioneers whose ingenuity and sound influenced countless acts who came after them. "He was a little cuckoo for cuckoo puffs, but that's why we loved him," BamBam added. That impact extended far beyond the industry, however. "As a kid growing up, you know, not knowing where you fit in this world, and to have something that you found not only the music that you like but the community that surrounds it and people that are like-minded with that, you know, it really set the course of my life," WMMR DJ Ryan Shuttleworth said. Black Sabbath's first U.S. concert was at Glassboro State College — now Rowan University — on Oct. 30, 1970. Years later, a South Jersey kid who would graduate from Rowan came across and was touched by the band and its energetic lead singer. Mike DiFranco, a lifelong fan, mentioned one of his songs, "I Don't Want to Change the World," which he interprets to mean, just be you. He added that if not for a friendship he formed with a fellow Osbourne fan in high school — his now brother-in-law — he may not be married to his wife today. Osbourne lived life to the fullest, and that's exactly how he'll be remembered.
New York Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Ozzy Osbourne: A Life in Pictures
He pioneered heavy metal, became an unlikely reality TV star and performed a colossal final concert two weeks before his death. A young Ozzy Osbourne. The Black Sabbath singer who was known as the 'Prince of Darkness' died on Tuesday at 76. A young Ozzy Osbourne. The Black Sabbath singer who was known as the 'Prince of Darkness' died on Tuesday at Walter/WireImage, via Getty Images
CNA
a day ago
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- CNA
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath's bat-biting frontman, dies aged 76
Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s heavy metal band Black Sabbath, earned his infamy biting the head off a bat on stage and pursuing a drug-fuelled lifestyle before reinventing himself as a loveable if often foul-mouthed reality TV star. Known to fans as "The Prince of Darkness" and the "Godfather of Heavy Metal", Osbourne died at the age of 76, his family said in a statement on Tuesday (Jul 22). "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love," they said. Osbourne kicked off his career in the early 1970s as singer on Black Sabbath's hits, from Paranoid to War Pigs to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Those plus a string of solo releases saw him sell more than 100 million records worldwide. The hard riffs and dark subject matter - from depression to war to apocalypse - combined with an instinct for Halloween theatrics. As a performer, Osbourne sprinkled audiences with raw meat and, in 1982, had his encounter with a bat thrown on stage by a fan. He always insisted he thought it was a toy until he bit into it, realised his mistake and rushed to hospital for a rabies shot. He later sold branded bat soft toys with a removable head. Osbourne was a regular target for conservative and religious groups concerned about the negative impact of rock music on young people. He acknowledged the excesses of his lifestyle and lyrics - but poured scorn on the wilder reports that he was an actual devil-worshipper. "I've done some bad things in my time. But I ain't the devil. I'm just John Osbourne: a working-class kid from Aston who quit his job in the factory and went looking for a good time," he said in a 2010 biography. REALITY SHOW STAR John Michael Osbourne was the fourth of six children. Growing up in Aston, Birmingham, in central England, he struggled with dyslexia, left school at age 15, did a series of menial jobs, and at one point served a brief prison sentence for burglary. Then came Black Sabbath. "When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of 60, with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and California, I wouldn't have put money on me, no way," he once said. Britain's Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, a member of parliament representing a Birmingham constituency, wrote on X that she was devastated to hear the news of his death. "One of the greatest gifts my city gave the world," Mahmood said. In 2002, Osbourne won legions of new fans when he starred in US reality TV show The Osbournes. Cameras followed the aging rock god ambling round his huge house in Beverly Hills, pronouncing on events in his heavy Birmingham accent and looking on bemused at the antics of his family. Osbourne's family included wife and manager Sharon, five children including Jack, Kelly and Aimee, and several grandchildren. No cause of death was given, but Osbourne revealed in 2020 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The illness made him unable to walk. In his final concert on Jul 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, Osbourne performed sitting, at times appearing to have difficulties speaking as he thanked thousands of adoring fans, some of whom were visibly emotional. He was joined by original bandmates Butler, Tony Iommi, and Bill Ward for the concert, dubbed Back to the Beginning - their first gig together in 20 years. Osbourne's performance followed a number of tributes on stage and on stadium screens from rock and pop royalty including Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Metallica's James Hetfield and Elton John.
Irish Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Interviewing Ozzy Osbourne: ‘You can't live that way forever. It catches up with you eventually'
Ozzy Osbourne was a rock star for all seasons. The former Black Sabbath frontman, who has died aged 76, helped catalyse the new genre of heavy metal in the 1970s. But if the band raised a mighty din, Ozzy's antics on and off stage were more outrageous still. He will forever be notorious for biting the head off a bat during a concert in Iowa in 1982 (he thought it was a rubber toy and required multiple rabies shots afterwards). [ Ozzy Osbourne 1948-2025: A life in pictures Opens in new window ] But away from the spotlight, he was equally committed to the cliche of the debauched rocker. He confessed to once nearly killing a man by chucking a television out a hotel window; on another drug-fuelled bender, he tried to shoot the 17 cats he kept at his home. He was found under the table, with a shotgun and knife, giggling furiously. By his own admission, he was lucky to survive Black Sabbath's glory years. But just as the band were at the forefront of a new generation of headbanging rockers, so he would push boundaries all over again in the new medium of reality TV as the star of MTV's The Osbournes, which ran in its original incarnation in 2002-2005. READ MORE Starring Ozzy, his second wife and manager Sharon, and their children Jack and Kelly (another daughter Aimee refused to have anything to do with the series) the show portrayed the former enfant terrible as a lovable, if sweary man of a certain age, who spent his days padding around his vast Beverly Hills mansion, looking for the remote control and bickering with Sharon over whose turn it was to make the tea. The Osbournes became a sensation and won Ozzy a new generation of fans for whom Black Sabbath and the dawn of heavy metal were ancient history. However, it will be for his music that he will be chiefly remembered. Formed in Birmingham in 1968, Black Sabbath were founding fathers of heavy metal. Shaped by the industrial heritage of their hometown, tracks such as Paranoid and Iron Man chugged and roared like factory engines pushed to breaking point. Ozzy Osbourne with his wife, Sharon, and children Kelly, Jack and Aimee in 1997. Photograph: Neil Munns/PA Wire Their engine room was guitarist Tommy Iommi, who lost the tips of two fingers in a production line accident at the age of 17 – a mishap that contributed to the sludgy playing style that became a signature of Black Sabbath. But if Iommi was the driving force, Ozzy was the charismatic face and voice of the band, his banshee-like shriek at once charismatic and disconcerting. Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne in 1970. Photograph: Chris Walter/WireImage Their legacy was celebrated earlier this month with a farewell concert in Birmingham's Villa Park, where a frail Ozzy joined his bandmates on stage. 'You've no idea how I feel – thank you from the bottom of my heart,' he said on stage, at the end of an evening where fans including Metallica and Guns N' Roses had paid tribute. His dark charisma was matched by a self-destructive streak as tumultuous as Sabbath's mighty riffs. Tiring of his constant drunkenness and unpredictability, his bandmates fired him in 1979 – though they would reunite in 1997 and play a farewell tour in 2016, going on stage in Dublin the same day Donald Trump was sworn in as president. Osbourne drank and off through the intervening decades – when I interviewed him in 2014, he expressed regret about his hard-living. 'Until about five years ago, I was drunk all day, every day,' he said. 'I never really considered whether it made me a hard person to live with. Can you believe that? [ 'I don't want to die in a hotel room somewhere': Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath on reconciling for their final gig Opens in new window ] 'Then one day, a friend said to me 'does your wife drink?' I say 'yeah, she enjoys the occasional glass of wine'. And he said 'well, how would you feel if she polished off a bottle of vodka before breakfast – how long would you hang around?' And I thought 'not, bloody long'. So it shows how much she loved me that she stayed all that time with me.' Ozzy Osbourne: 'I think back and recognise what a great life I've had.' Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty He also spoke with nostalgia but also a degree of horror about his days with Sabbath. 'We didn't really know what we were doing,' he said. 'It was all made up as we went along. I remember, with our first album, we recorded it on the way to the ferry. [ Bat-biter's memoir sinks its teeth into Ozzy's life Opens in new window ] 'We had a bunch of songs and our manager rang us up and said would we mind calling by the studio before we went off to tour France. So we went in and someone turned on a mic and 'bam', the album came out. We didn't stop to think about things in those days. 'The thing is, you can't live that way forever. It catches up with you eventually. I'm glad I slowed down. I think back and recognise what a great life I've had.'
The Sun
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Watch Love Island's Lauren blast Toni in bitter clash over Harrison as she fumes ‘I'll make my own decision!'
LOVE Island's Lauren has blasted Toni after the rivals had a bitter clash over Harrison. Last night's show was filled with high drama, and saw Lauren finally snap at her rival, telling her that she can make her "own decisions". 8 8 8 8 Toni pulled Lauren for a chat to tell her that she was going to take herself out of the Harrison love triangle, the two women have found themselves in. Sitting by the fire pit, Toni said: 'He's all yours, girlfriend. I'm removing myself from this. 'This is getting f**king ridiculous and it's making me nasty. 'He's lying to both of us.I can't keep doing this.' Lauren then replied: 'Yeah, I mean, obviously I don't appreciate the comments that have been made around the villa. 'Like I feel like I've come in here. I've tried to be nice. 'And I thought we were on good terms, like you said you can talk to me and whatever, and then I feel like from then I keep getting told you're saying comments.' Clarifying her actions, Toni said: 'It's really not even towards you, it's towards him, he's lying to both of us.' She then added: 'Everything would have been fine, if f**king Harrison would let it be. 'He will continue to string the both of us along. Watch heartbreaking moment Love Island girl is left uncontrollably sobbing as boy she slept with recouples with rival 'You don't deserve to sit to be sitting there crying because that was me two weeks ago.' Finally having enough at being preached at by Toni, Lauren snapped back: 'OK, well, thanks, but I'll make my own decision on mine and Harrison and I'm making mine. Toni then retorted: 'OK, and I'm making mine! You got it!' To which Lauren replied: 'I don't know what else to say really, like, we're never gonna get om.' Toni then added: 'I'm just telling you I'm removing myself from this." 8 8 8 However, despite this conversation, Toni made a complete u-turn later in the episode - leaving Lauren devastated. Fans were left outraged after a recoupling saw Toni sensationally steal back Harrison hours after he slept with Lauren. In a jaw-dropping moment, Toni stood up during the girls' recoupling and dumped loyal Cach, choosing Harrison instead. Lauren was left sobbing after being blindsided by the twist - as Toni confessed they planned to recouple hours earlier on the terrace. Lauren told the girls: "I am a f*****g idiot."
