76 years old.
As we were discussing on the What Are You Spinning thread, its the end of an era
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Good he made it through the show in Birmingham.
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Ozzy was a personality bigger than virtually anybody. I will miss him mucho.
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Almost seemed like he embraced his situation better than many people do.
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We knew it was past due, and still it feels too soon. “I don’t want to live forever, but I don’t wanna die.”
RIP Ozzy - and keep barking at the moon!
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Oh man - thats brilliant
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My very first album purchase was Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. My parents hated it!
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that’s what it’s all about!
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For those that may be interested in revisiting Ozzy and Black Sabbath on vinyl the most recent Rhino releases remastered by Kevin Gray are sonically most worthy, FWIW.
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I have long enjoyed the irony that he thought the bat was a rubber prop.
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Hard to believe he’s really gone… I’ve loved his music since the early eighties. When I read about his passing my first thoughts were of his song “See you on the other side”.
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He had so many songs talking about death - they have a different impact now that he is gone.
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RIP, what a life
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War Pigs was a brilliant song. How fitting for events happening now.
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War Pigs is a brillant masterpiece that captures the on going state of the military industrial complex.
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I thought the use of War Pigs (even heavily edited) in the closing credits of 300: Rise of an Empire was a very nice touch. Proves your point, I think, of how apropos the song’s intent is even today.
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Lost a lot of my hearing to his music!
Mama he is coming home…
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What?!?!? Can you type that louder?
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RIP Ozzy. I’ve never been a fan but it’s great that he had the success he did–I admire anyone who can make a living playing music. I feel for his family that had to endure the hardship of six or seven years of progressing Parkinson’s disease. My condolences to them.
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