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- The Independent
Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer Roy Black dies after illness at age 80
Roy Black, the prominent criminal defense attorney who helped secure Jeffrey Epstein's 2008 plea deal, has died at the age of 80, his family confirmed. Black passed away at his home in Coral Gables, Florida, on Monday after battling an illness, his wife Lea Black told People magazine. 'Thank you for all your blessings,' the Real Housewives of Miami alum wrote on Instagram on Tuesday. 'We will be announcing details for a tribute and celebration in a few weeks.' Black first gained national attention in 1991 when he secured an acquittal for former President John F. Kennedy's nephew, William Kennedy Smith, in a high-profile rape trial – a watershed moment for criminal defense, as the proceedings were broadcast live on national television. The attorney went on to play a central role in Epstein's legal defense as the financier was investigated in 2006 for multiple sex crimes involving dozens of underage girls. Rather than face federal indictment, Black and Epstein's lawyers negotiated a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in 2007, which was finalized in 2008. Under the deal, Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges of soliciting prostitution and soliciting prostitution with a minor and received a 13-month jail sentence and was registered as a sex offender. Black had represented a string of high-profile clients ranging from pop star Justin Bieber to race car driver Helio Castroneves. Most of the time, he was on the winning side, as noted by the Associated Press in their reporting. His clientele and courtroom success made him a regular on the Today Show and Larry King Live. Prominent attorneys and Black's former colleagues have praised him for his exceptional legal skill and courtroom expertise. 'Roy Black was the greatest criminal lawyer of our generation, perhaps in American history, achieving acquittals over a span of 50 years in some of the most challenging and notorious cases of all time,' partner of three decades at Black Srebnick, Howard Srebnick, told the Miami Herald. Srebnick's colleague David O. Markus said that Black was the 'GOAT' – greatest of all time – among Miami's criminal attorneys. 'This one really hurts,' he wrote on his Southern District of Florida blog. 'He was 80. And he really was the GOAT of criminal defense lawyers. There are so many of us that want to be Roy in the courtroom – commanding, persuasive, funny. '
Daily Mail
18 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Alice Cooper dedicates Cardiff show to 'legend' Ozzy Osbourne as he shares emotional tribute to one of rock n roll's 'giants' after his death aged 76
Alice Cooper dedicated his Cardiff show to 'legend' Ozzy Osbourne as shared an emotional tribute to one of rock n roll's 'giants'. The Black Sabbath musician passed away 'surrounded by love' on Tuesday morning at the age of 76, a statement from his family confirmed tonight. Fellow rocker Vincent Damon Furnier, known by his stage name Alice Cooper, dedicated his show to Ozzy as he took to the stage with his band in Wales on Tuesday. 'Well, we all know that time is going to take us rockers, but when the giants fall, it's really hard to accept,' he said on stage. 'Even though everybody saw it coming with Ozzy, it just took our breath away when it happened. 'So Ozzy and family - your records and your music and your legend and all that you brought - the humour to the rock business - will live on forever and we're gonna miss you man.' Elsewhere Alice and his band said: 'The whole world is mourning Ozzy tonight. Over his long career, he earned immense respect among his peers and from fans around the world as an unmatched showman and cultural icon. 'I always saw Ozzy as a cross between the prince of darkness, which is the persona his fans saw, and the court jester. That was the side that his family and friends saw. 'He was and will continue to be a rock n roll legend. Rock n Roll is a family and a fraternity. When we lose one of our own it bleeds. I wish I would have gotten to know my brother Ozzy better. 'Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and the rest of the Ozzy brood - our prayers are with you tonight. A titanic boulder has crashed, but rock will roll on.' Alice signed off an Instagram post with: 'Rest easy Ozzy and we'll see you on the other side! - Alice, Sheryl, Chuck, Ryan, Tommy, Nita, Glen and our entire crew.' Elsewhere Chris Martin also dedicated Coldplay's show at Nissan Stadium, Nashville, on Tuesday to Ozzy. He said: 'We'd like to dedicate this whole show to the incredible genius, talent, and character-full gift to the world who was Ozzy Osbourne. We send our love to his family.' Chris then sang a stripped down version of Black Sabbath's 1972 hit Changes, before saying: 'Ozzy, we love you, wherever you're going.' On Wednesday morning, keyboardist Rick Wakeman appeared on Radio 4 talking about his friendship with Ozzy, and admitted he didn't think The Osbournes star would have survived as long with Sharon. Talking about the rocker, he said: 'Ozzy hadn't been well. I met Sharon and Ozzy together when they got together in 1980, I went to a concert in upstate New York, one of Ozzy's very first solo shows. And that was when he was there with Sharon, who is lovely. At that time, everybody just thought Sharon was sort of acting on behalf of her father as the management. 'But Ozzy said to me, he said, "Things are going to change. Sharon and I are an item and will be forever. And she's going to take over my management." I remember saying to him, "Does her dad know? Because he's got quite a strong reputation", and he went "Not yet". I went right, "I don't want to be around when he does." 'He was very generous to Sharon and actually they fell out a lot- but Sharon was, I don't think Ozzy was… this might sound a bit awful, but I don't think Ozzy would have survived as long as he did had it not been for Sharon. Sharon in many ways saved Ozzy's life. For that she should be incredibly proud. 'Ozzy was cleverer than people think. When I did the Osmosis album with him in New York, I realised there was so much more to him musically than just being the front man in a heavy metal band. He knew what he wanted, he was very clever and he was also clever enough as far as the media were concerned to become a caricature of himself.' The Osbourne family announced Ozzy's death in a statement which read: '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. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.' Tributes flooded in last night, with musical legend Sir Elton saying Ozzy was a 'huge trailblazer' who 'secured his place in the pantheon of rock gods'. He posted on Instagram: 'So sad to hear the news of Ozzy Osbourne passing away. He was a dear friend and a huge trailblazer who secured his place in the pantheon of rock gods - a true legend. 'He was also one of the funniest people I've ever met. I will miss him dearly. To Sharon and the family, I send my condolences and love. Elton xx.' After sharing the stage at Villa Park in Birmingham, Ronnie Wood said he is 'very sad' to learn of Ozzy's death. The Rolling Stone posted on X: 'I am so very sad to hear of the death of Ozzy Osbourne. What a lovely goodbye concert he had at Back To The Beginning in Birmingham.' Ozzy's Black Sabbath bandmates declared 'Ozzy forever!' in a powerful tribute to the icon on X. American actor Jason Momoa, 45, who joined the the Black Sabbath frontman on stage at Villa Park in Birmingham less than three weeks ago, also paid tribute. Sharing an emotional message to his 'family', Jason shared a photo on Instagram with Sharon and Ozzy back stage at the concert. He wrote: 'Love you @ozzyosbourne All my aloha @sharonosbourne and ohana. So grateful. RIP'. The rocker was able to bid an emotional farewell to his fans on stage this month as he reunited with his original Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the first time since 2005. 'You've no idea how I feel - thank you from the bottom of my heart,' Osbourne told the crowd in his final speech. With 42,000 fans packed into Birmingham's Villa Park, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath returned to the stage for Ozzy's farewell show - the band's first live performance since 2005. They were joined onstage by a host of celebrity friends, among them Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler.
Telegraph
18 minutes ago
- Telegraph
Ozzy's unforgettable prediction to me about life after his death
It's October 2009 and I'm drinking tea with Ozzy Osbourne in his LA study, as he shows me a series of (really rather good) pointillist felt-tip sketches he's been working on. Everything about this seems hilariously unlikely, and when I make a 'funny how life turns out' quip, the conversation naturally turns to bucket lists, to regrets, to death and whatever happens afterwards. 'Hell,' Osbourne grumbles, 'even if I do make it to heaven, you can bet your life that the toilet will stink.' That was just one of many unforgettable lines that came back to me on Tuesday, as I read about the Black Sabbath frontman's death. I'd met the heavy metal singer-turned-TV star on a number of occasions after moving to LA and getting to know his wife, Sharon, but that day I'd driven over to the couple's home in the Hollywood Hills to interview him about his forthcoming autobiography, I Am Ozzy. The visit included a dip in the Osbournes' infinity pool and a tour of Ozzy's state-of-the-art recording studio in the basement. Osbourne – then 60 and sober, with a tremor I'd put down to decades of drug and alcohol addiction – said he quite fancied a number one album before he died. (He went on to achieve this in 2022, with Patient No 9). He wanted a movie made of his life, too, 'maybe with Johnny Depp playing me,' he told me. But more than anything, he said, shaking his shaggy, aubergine-coloured head sadly: 'I'd like to go back in time and make better choices.' For a moment, the atmosphere in that study threatened to become maudlin, and I struggled to think of a suitable mood elevator. 'Oh, your choices weren't so bad!' wouldn't do, on account, you know, of the estimated 30 years lost to drugs and alcohol, of the time he threw himself off a 40-foot cliff because it seemed like 'a good day to fly!', the day he bit the head off a bat and threw it back into the crowd at a 1982 concert, the moment he snorted a line of ants and, of course, when he thought it might be a good idea to try and strangle Sharon. So, instead, I went with: 'Seems like you've got pretty much everything you could wish for.' I didn't just mean the enduring career, the estimated £110m fortune and the incredible Hollywood mansion (complete with a 10ft poolside Buddha, burnished by the sun), but the wife who still clearly adored him and the kids who were forever calling or dropping by. Eight years later, as I watched Osbourne talking sweet gobbledygook to one of his baby grandsons by the pool, I remember thinking how curiously functional this supposedly dysfunctional family was. Osbourne didn't miss the booze or the drugs, he insisted on that 107-degree October day, when the velvet skull-and-crossbones slippers he was wearing were probably the most rebellious thing about him, and the gym was his last remaining addiction. 'I got bored of always being f---ed up on something or other,' he explained, adding that 'by far the most addictive thing I've ever put in my body is tobacco. By the end, I was chewing the gum, smoking the fake cigarettes, wearing the patches and smoking 20 a day. I tried cigars, but within a week I was smoking 30 Cohibas a day, and inhaling.' For him – one of six children born in Aston, Birmingham, to a toolmaker father and a mother who worked for a firm specialising in car parts – money was always the most corruptive force, by far. 'I was 18 when Sony offered us a deal for Black Sabbath. £105 they gave me – and I'd never seen so much cash in my f---ing life. From then onwards,' he told me, peering up at me through his tinted glasses, 'I could get drunk morning, noon and night, and nobody would care. There isn't another job in the world where you can turn up p---ed as a wheel and not get fired.' One of the things that first attracted him to Sharon – the whip-smart daughter of his then manager, Don Arden – was that she suffered from the same 'extreme personality' issues. I've rarely seen a couple more besotted – or dependent – on one another. I remember Osbourne looking over at his wife while she was feeding one of her 16 dogs grilled chicken breast from the lunch table, and saying: 'If it weren't for her, without a shadow of a doubt, I would be dead. My lady's the greatest; I love her. For some reason, the shoe still fits, you know?' Their bickering was legendary, of course. No wonder The Osbournes was such a hit. But when Sharon complained a little too loudly, her husband liked to come back with: 'Sharon, it could be worse. You could be married to Sting.' Despite their idyllic LA life, Osbourne admitted that he didn't 'want to spend the rest of my life in California. There's so much bulls--- out here, and the reality is, I'm English.' I'm glad he got to die in the country he loved surrounded by his family. I'm glad he got to play one last concert in Birmingham's Villa Park, packed out by 45,000 fans and watched online by more than five million more metalheads. And Ozzy, if St Peter did wave you through those gates, I really hope you were wrong about that toilet.
