July 22, 20251 yr Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces. Fuckin' hell, mate.
July 22, 20251 yr This one is huge although not unexpected. What a monumental figure. I'm a fan of everything he's done, but his two albums with Rand Rhoads are my favorite. RIP Ozzy (Prince of Darkness)
July 22, 20251 yr 🤘 May he entertain the dark lord as much as he has entertained us. Time to dust off the old Sabbath albums for a listen. To @robm321‘s point that intro to the song Diary of a Madman is among my favorites in all of rock. Edited July 22, 20251 yr by TMoney
July 22, 20251 yr So long Ozzy. Rock In Peace. 38 minutes ago, robm321 said: This one is huge although not unexpected. What a monumental figure. I'm a fan of everything he's done, but his two albums with Rand Rhoads are my favorite. RIP Ozzy (Prince of Darkness) We sometimes don't realize how lucky we were to be in the right place at the right time, when it was just a local hometown gig. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_Ozz_Tour Ozzy Osbourne Concert Setlist at Odeon Chelmsford, Chelmsford on October 22, 1980 https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ozzy-osbourne/1980/odeon-chelmsford-chelmsford-england-73d652c9.html
July 22, 20251 yr I saw Sabbath back in '72 or '73 in Newcastle City Hall. Even in those early days Ozzie seemed hell bent on frying his brain with any substance going. It was loud! I'm astonished he lasted so long. He was in fact only 7 years older than I am now, RIP Ozzie!
July 23, 20251 yr RIP Malcolm Jamal-Warner, whose death is totally overshadowed by Ozzy's (RIP), but his drowning took him out relatively young at the age of 54. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bill-cosby-mourns-late-star-malcolm-jamal-warner/story?id=123940226
July 23, 20251 yr One of the guys on the UK Vintage Radio forum posted: "A little story. In my teens I was a big Black Sabbath fan. I'd heard that Ozzy lived at Ranton, a village near Stafford not too far from where I live. Me and a mate got on our bikes and rode over there. In a field a guy who looked like Ozzy was riding around on a monkey bike that was popular at the time. It was Ozzy's brother and he asked if we wanted to meet Ozzy. Of course we did. So we went in and for half an hour I chatted to him as he lay on a settee plucking aimlessly at a guitar. I kinda interviewed him. After a while his wife (first wife not Sharon) came into the room and said, "We have to go to Billy's now". Obviously Bill Ward, the drummer in Black Sabbath. Ozzy sent us on our way with signed stickers. A day to remember."
July 24, 20251 yr RIP Tom Troupe. Honestly, I don't know who are, but anyone who starred in Mary Hartman, The Devil's Brigade, Cheers, CHiPs, Star Trek, The Diary of Ann Frank, Cagney & Lacey, Kelly's Heroes, and My Own Private Idaho, deserves a tribute. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tom-troupe-dead-stage-screen-actor-1236324292/ https://abc7ny.com/post/actor-tom-troupe-dies-97-home-beverly-hills/17217594/
July 24, 20251 yr 4 hours ago, Knuckledragger said: Hulk Hogan croaked. I have very little good to say about him.
July 25, 20251 yr On 7/1/2025 at 3:16 PM, Knuckledragger said: In the parlance of our times, RIP Bozo. Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90. First Cousin to music legends Jerry Lee Lewis and Micky Gilly.
July 25, 20251 yr RIP Cleo. Cleo Laine, Britain's most successful jazz singer, dies aged 97 | Jazz | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/25/cleo-laine-britain-jazz-singer-john-dankworth-dies
July 25, 20251 yr Related, Ozzy had a comeback in '88 with his hit song "Miracle Man" which is about Jimmy Swaggart.
July 27, 20251 yr Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97. Also, Tom Lehrer was still alive.
July 27, 20251 yr 10 minutes ago, Knuckledragger said: Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97. Also, Tom Lehrer was still alive. Edited July 27, 20251 yr by Grahame
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