Ozzie Ozbourne is Dead

Rest easy Madman of Rock and Roll.

Yes, a great loss. 

Just came here to post this!

Very sad.  I had the pleasure of seeing him in concert a couple of times.

Great performer.

R.I.P. Ozzy!

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/ozzy-osbourne-death-black-sabbath-7325247/

Crazy Train!  RIP Ozzy!

Ozzy has been physically suffering for some time.

He is now free to reunite  with Randy Rhoads for the Great Gig in the Sky.

Parkinson’s is no joke- Ozzy was fortunate to afford a long ride- he was diagnosed in 2003.

Not too much to say, he is a legend of rock n roll. Luv him or hate him he make a huge impact on music. He said it was entertainment and despite the great music he struggled with drugs and alcohol….later Parkinson’s disease. RIP Ozzy.

My apologies in misspelling in his name at the beginning of this thread - it should have read "Ozzy".

What better tribute to a man than the fact I can't even hear his name without smiling, whether it be a legal or an illegal one. Thanks for the ride. Enjoy the music

Ozzy is a Legend. He will be missed. I bought the Patient Number 9 vinyl when it came out and I like it. I will be spinning it tonight in his Honor.

My Audiogon moniker is based on the name Ozzy.

Back in the day we had a goalie for the Redwings named Ozzy and Ozzy Osborne was touring in the Detroit area around about the same time.

Anyway, my kids named our little puppy dog at the time Ozzy based on those two current activities.

So, I became ozzy on Audiogon.

Rest in Peace, such a strange and talented fellow.

ozzy

RIP Ozzy, the world is a little less interesting without you in it. I purchased Paranoid the week it came out, a formative, and transformative, experience. Ozzy was certainly in the delivery room when heavy metal was born.

Black Sabbath's early music was a perfect accompaniment for us 'freaks' back in the day. And 'The Osbourns', so funny yet so real to life. RIP Ozzy, you will be missed!

The world seems a little different without him in it.  Truly iconic!

I was 13 when the first Black Sabbath album was released and the uproar (yes uproar) that that caused. I remember letters to the editor of 'Hit Parader' magazine debating if their music was too dangerous for 13 year-olds.   And here we are, honoring his passing as though a head of state passed away.  Pretty f'n amazing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_Parader

Rich

I grew up with their first album.

GRAND.

Even today.

RIP

I saw Randy Rhoads last show with Ozzy.  I was attending the University of Tennessee when Ozzy played the Knoxville Coliseum on Tuesday, March 18, 1982, on the "Diary Of A Madman Tour".  I was right in front of the stage.  I came back to my dorm after morning classes and turned on my stereo to play some music when I heard the breaking news about the plane crash.  At that time, they weren't sure if Ozzy had died along with Randy in the plane crash.  I was just stunned -- I couldn't believe I had just seen him shredding 12 hours earlier. 

I still have my concert ticket, Tour Program, and Tour T-Shirt. 

RIP Ozzy!

Artist, trailblazer, great entertainer.

Wildman with a good heart. 

Excellent tribute Crazy Train Cover

RIP Ozzy....

A voice like no other.

Flying  high again.some fantastic music great family.he will be missed.

A man who did his best to die before he got old and failed.

Ozzi  Still lives , The  true Heavy metal 🎸 Kings  👑  !!

Bark at the moon 🌕, they hear you now baby!

I’m not so sure that I’m sad the Ozzy is dead or that all the rockers that I grew up with are almost all gone. 😢

A-r-r-o-o-o-o!!!

I remember being in my college dorm when somebody came in with an album by a new band called 'Black Sabbath'. I liked the overall sound, but not the songs so much; that came later with 'Paranoid'. Got to see them on that tour in '71 or '72 with Humble Pie (who still had Peter Frampton at that point) supporting, when 'Rockin' The Fillmore' was a big album. Ozzy was such a great character! 

I used to run into Ozzy and Sharon @ our West Hollywood Petco (their driver would wait outside in a blue/gray Bentley).

It was around the time that they had a TV show (maybe just before).

He was surprisingly normal, never spoke to his wife.

DeKay

Really liked him.

His lyrics were honest and sincere.

I think was misinterpreted by many, including myself, because of not really listening to the words.

Yesterday my workout music was Ozzy.

@dekay "run into Ozzy and Sharon". That's cool.

His farewell concert was the largest fundraiser concert in history, and it was unannounced until afterwards, wow. What a parting gift.

Was never a big Black Sabbath or Ozzie fan, but after his most recent concert, I put some of his solo songs on my streamer and wow was quite impressed.  What a voice and well recorded. 

Rock on Oz, many greats in heaven.  What a concert that would be

If anyone has not listened to Planet Caravan off Paranoid, listen now. Amazing track that showed how multi-dimensional metal can be. Very sensitive, influential song in my life. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvrOzYtnLMA
 

I listened to Trubute last night in his honor. My #1 live album. 

Rock On Brother Osbourne

Some great responses here except one , there's always one in the crowd isn't there? Rock on Ozzy . g.b.

Had to play Ozzy now.  Mr. Crowley was first.  I wore out my 8-track version of Paranoid and Master of reality.

Kinda amazed he lasted this long

RIP ,Ozzy your at peace now see you soon ,mate.

@hilde45 He was one those dudes seemingly blessed with 9 lives. 

God bless his heart…unless he already ate it. 

Simply amazing!  My best friend in high school turned me onto the first Black Sabbath record my sophomore year.  I went out the next day and bought my own copy.   I rocked heavy with Ozzy through the 70's with Black Sabbath and then into the 80's with his solo gig!  RIP Ozzy!

I’ll never forget my aunt playing Black Sabbath and looking at the album cover in my younger years early 1970s. The music and sound made for impressions you don’t forget. As his friends repeatedly say, "Ozzy was Ozzy". Nobody like him. 

All of them comment how he always put the most into it at every show.  

Watching people around the world expressing their own thoughts about the man and his family, wife Sharon, his kids, and grandkids he seemed to enjoy, dearly.

He has made a lasting impact on the next generation of young singers and young fans you can see in the audience digging his music right down the very last show "Back to the Beginning" July 5th, just three weeks ago. Amazing he did that last show with every last bit of intention and drive he had to say goodbye to all.   

I was never a fan of his music, but his personal integrity was exemplary from what I've read.

A pedantic (perhaps) side point: he did not have "Parkinson Disease". Rather, he had "Parkinsonism" which is a constellation of disorders resembling the former, but is due to another cause entirely (in this case, multi-substance use spanning decades).

When I was 14 and Paranoid was released, I borrowed my grandparent's Wollensack tape deck and made a copy of it to take to the summer cabin.  My grandfather was in the early stages of dementia and upon hearing the first track, he asked me "Is that a recording of a man going insane?".  I thought it a hilarious question at the time.  Perhaps he wasn't as far off the mark as I thought.  Ozzy managed to deal with his demons and produced some of the most amazing music ever.  With Sabbath he helped usher in "heavy metal".  From all accounts a great man dealing as best he could with his demons.  He will be greatly missed.

"@kacomess he had "Parkinsonism" which is a constellation of disorders..."

If it was diagnosed as such, looking up Atypical Parkinsonisms just now, wow, far more complex and debilitating than anyone other than his family members probably could have imagined. It also explains the progression and how much determination it took for Ozzy to perform the last concert performance. He did it his way going out.

Yeah first saw,Black Sabbath in 1972 at the old academy of music .I got into an argument with Ozzy...I had front row in the middle seats.Everyone was standing but me.I had just gotten out of the hospital and was walking with crutches, I hurt my leg bad.He wanted me up and I sand i can't  he yelled at me get up you American wanker....I gave him the finger,lol.Yeah I was pretty wasted on meds lol.But they were a,great loud heavy metal band....RIP Ozzy.

I highly recommend listening / watching Live & Loud. I have the DVD that’s turned hundreds of miles. The album and videos are also on Tidal. This is how I will always remember him. I also ordered and watched every minute of the Back To. the Beginning concert. He truly did appreciate his fans and “loved us all”. 

His final so was just perfect. Mama I’m coming home. Love his music and a great song writer. 

Sorry final song not so