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News18
2 hours ago
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- News18
Ozzy Osbourne Dies At 76 After Long Battle With Parkinson's Disease
Ozzy Osbourne, the Grammy-winning artist had been battling the progressive neurological condition for several years Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne, best known as the frontman of Black Sabbath, has passed away at the age of 76 following a prolonged and challenging struggle with Parkinson's disease. The Grammy-winning artist had been battling the progressive neurological condition for several years. In a 2023 interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Ozzy opened up about his ordeal, saying, 'It's been five years of absolute hell for me and the family. My family has been so supportive. I couldn't have done it without them. It's been a bad scene." Ozzy's health had been declining steadily not just because of Parkinson's, but also due to complications from a serious neck injury. The injury was the result of a fall, made worse by a pre-existing condition stemming from a 2000 ATV accident that had initially damaged his spine. Though he had mostly retired from live performances due to his condition, he briefly returned to the stage just three weeks before his death in early July. In 2020, Osbourne publicly disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and in recent interviews, he candidly described the impact it had on his life. On an episode of his SiriusXM show Ozzy Speaks, aired in February 2024, he said, 'I go on about the way I can't walk and I can't do this, but you know what I was thinking over the holidays? For all my complaining, I'm still alive." While it is most commonly known for causing tremors and muscle rigidity, Parkinson's also impacts speech, posture, sense of smell, and even mood and cognitive functions. The condition usually appears around the age of 60, though early-onset cases can occur as young as 20, albeit rarely. According to medical experts, Parkinson's is slightly more prevalent in men than women and tends to become more likely with age. In many cases, individuals with a family history such as a parent, sibling, or child with Parkinson's are at increased risk. How Parkinson's Affects the Brain and Body The disease primarily interferes with the brain's production of dopamine, a key neurotransmitter responsible for smooth and coordinated muscle movements. In Parkinson's patients, dopamine-producing cells are depleted, which leads to disrupted signals between the brain and muscles. As a result, the body begins to move more slowly, with noticeable stiffness, shaking, and difficulty performing everyday activities. As Parkinson's advances, it can also affect the brain's ability to regulate emotions, memory, and judgment, leading to depression, sleep disturbances, and dementia-like symptoms. Common Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease The condition unfolds gradually, often starting with mild signs and intensifying over time. Key symptoms include: Slowed movements (bradykinesia), making routine tasks take longer Tremors while at rest — rhythmic, involuntary shaking, especially in the hands Muscle stiffness or rigidity Balance issues and a shuffling walking style Reduced blinking and facial expression (often called a 'mask-like" face) Small or cramped handwriting Drooling due to impaired swallowing Soft or slurred speech Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) Depressive episodes or mood disorders What Causes Parkinson's? Despite decades of research, the exact cause of Parkinson's remains unclear. A small number of cases are linked to genetic mutations, especially when the disease runs in families. In most instances, however, Parkinson's is considered idiopathic, meaning it develops spontaneously with no identifiable cause. Environmental factors, such as long-term exposure to certain pesticides and toxins, are also believed to play a role, but they are not confirmed as direct causes. As fans around the world mourn the loss of Ozzy Osbourne, his journey also brings renewed attention to the seriousness of Parkinson's disease and the importance of early diagnosis, support systems, and research toward more effective treatments. His legacy in music remains monumental and his courage in the face of illness, deeply human. First Published: Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
New York Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Piers Morgan accuses Joy Reid of playing ‘race card' in heated exchange over MSNBC firing
Joy Reid and Piers Morgan had a heated exchange on 'Piers Morgan Uncensored' Thursday when the host disputed her claim that she was fired from MSNBC for being a Black woman. 'Joy, I mean, let's be honest. I don't think you were fired after all those years because of your skin color or because you're a Black woman. I think you were fired because your show just got increasingly unpopular,' Morgan said. Advertisement Reid's MSNBC show 'The ReidOut' was canceled in February as part of a larger shakeup at the network. Her show had struggled to attract ratings, averaging only 973,000 total viewers in February 2025 compared to 1.3 million during the same month in 2024, marking a 28% decline. Reid has maintained that her show suffered smaller declines than other MSNBC shows, and she didn't understand the reason for the cancellation. When Morgan asked why she was playing 'the race card' instead of acknowledging that rating struggles were behind her cancellation, an incensed Reid shot back at Morgan that he was 'fixated on trying to racialize conversations.' 'I love the fact that your 'play the race card' is your version of the race card. You literally are so fixated on trying to racialize conversations with me, Piers, I actually find it quite charming,' Reid said before she was cut off. Advertisement 4 Joy Reid and Piers Morgan had a heated exchange on 'Piers Morgan Uncensored' when the host disputed her claim that she was fired from MSNBC for being a Black woman. YouTube / Piers Morgan Uncensored 'You racialize more conversations in your tenure at MSNBC than any host in history,' a peeved Morgan interrupted while Reid continued to speak. Reid's show was known for her controversial and often racially charged views, especially directing scorn towards Black Republicans and conservatives. She called Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas 'Uncle Clarence' due to his conservative views. Advertisement 4 'Joy, I mean, let's be honest. I don't think you were fired after all those years because of your skin color or because you're a Black woman. I think you were fired because your show just got increasingly unpopular,' Morgan said. YouTube / Piers Morgan Uncensored 4 'You racialize more conversations in your tenure at MSNBC than any host in history,' Morgan interrupted while Reid continued to speak. YouTube / Piers Morgan Uncensored Reid claimed in 2021 that Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., was only present at a GOP press conference to provide a 'patina of diversity.' The former MSNBC host also called Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fl., the 'Black guy the Republicans love to roll out' in 2021. Reid previously told podcaster Marc Lamont Hill that being a 'Black woman' made White viewers 'angrier' when they objected to some of the controversial views she shared on her program. Advertisement 'You take an entire conversation I had with Marc Lamont Hill and pick the bits that you can racialize because this is your schtick,' Reid told Morgan. 4 Reid's MSNBC show 'The ReidOut' was canceled in February as part of a larger shakeup at the network. Getty Images for ESSENCE 'You racialize everything Joy, come on… It's not my schtick, it was your schtick, but people got bored with it,' Morgan shot back. The former 'ReidOut' host went on to say that Morgan, a 'White European,' had a double standard for when 'people of color' discussed race. Morgan and Reid's interview was contentious throughout. At another point, Morgan confronted Reid at length over her blog controversy, where homophobic posts from a Florida-based blog she had resurfaced in 2018.
Sky News AU
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
Piers Morgan brutally mocks Joy Reid for playing ‘the race card ‘ for her firing
'Piers Morgan Uncensored' host Piers Morgan has roasted Joy Reid over her firing from MSNBC and called her out for playing 'the race card'. On Thursday, Reid appeared on Morgan's show and was shown a video of herself crying about her dismissal from the left-leaning network. Despite MSNNC citing Reid's declining ratings for her firing, the former host believed she was fired from the network because of her skin colour. During the interview, Morgan called out Reid and asserted that she was fired because she became 'increasingly unpopular'. 'Now, Joy. Look, let's be honest. I don't think you were fired after all those years because of your skin colour. Or because you're a black woman,' Morgan said. 'I think you were fired because your show got increasingly unpopular - it happens all the time in TV. That's why you got let go. Why play the race card?'
New York Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Joy Reid accuses ‘cheap, sleazy' Piers Morgan of ambushing her in new interview
Advertisement Former MSNBC host Joy Reid accused Piers Morgan on Wednesday of ambushing her in a new interview and said the British media host was 'obsessed' with race baiting for his 'very white audience.' On her podcast, 'The Joy Reid Show,' Reid laid into Morgan after she was soured by her experience as a guest commentator on 'Piers Morgan Uncensored' the day before. Before the contentious interview was set to air on Thursday afternoon, Reid went on the offensive, accusing Morgan of 'luring' her onto his show under the false premise that they would discuss her new YouTube show and the politics of the day. Instead, she said, his team had compiled pre-edited clips, dredged up past controversies, and confronted her with accusations that she was a race baiter. Advertisement 'The interview, which drops [Thursday], was a cheap, sleazy, very Piers Morgan pivot to take the heat off of the right and Trump and put it right where the right needs to be, on the Black lady,' Reid claimed. 4 Joy Reid speaks during the 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture⢠Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 07, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Getty Images for ESSENCE Reid said she believed it was important to talk to people on the other side. But she claimed that Morgan's team 'lured' her onto the show with the idea they were going to have a fair discussion about President Donald Trump's policies and other news, as well as her new media show. Reid shared a screenshot of an email as evidence of this. While she said she didn't expect Morgan to strictly stay on those topics, she also didn't expect the host to bring up her controversial blog posts from over 15 years ago or to ask her to respond in real-time to a conservative commentator who allegedly accused her of stoking racial hatred while she was at MSNBC. Advertisement Reid viewed the interview as a racial attack. 4 Reid said that the interview was a racial attack. Piers Morgan Uncensored / YouTube 'This was pre-planned because they had edited pieces ready for it,' she said. 'He never misses an opportunity to play gotcha with Black guests on his podcast, whom he, like other right-wing podcasters, use as fodder to keep their very White audiences angry and paranoid and clicking.' In 2017, Reid's resurfaced blog posts from 2007-2009 containing offensive homophobic remarks and anti-gay jokes made headlines. Advertisement Reid apologized at the time, although she also claimed hackers had placed the offending remarks on her old blog but later admitted she had no evidence that happened. 'Dredging up an eight-year-old story about a 16-year-old blog post is a hell of a way to justify insanely offensive Nazi quoting things that your boy Donald Trump said and fascist actions his regime took like yesterday,' Reid reacted. 'Is that what your show has come to, Piers? Dredging up old news in an effort to make yourself relevant?' Reid claimed Morgan was 'obsessed' with race and that he was forced out of his 'Good Morning Britain' television gig over his 'relentless, endless obsessive hatred of Megan Markle.' 4 Piers Morgan leaves BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs program with Laura Kuenssberg. PA Images via Getty Images 'So, Piers, I did not get fired from MSNBC over ratings, but I would sure rather it be that than being separated from my show after a massive petition and viewers looked at me as a racist creep,' she said. Her guest, Nina Turner, a former Ohio state lawmaker who co-chaired the 2020 presidential run of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was also a guest on the same episode of 'Piers Morgan Uncensored.' Turner ripped the interview as a 'set up.' 'It was a jump. It was a jump on a Black woman. And I agree with you. They're the ones that are preoccupied with race,' she said of conservative media personalities. Advertisement 4 Joy Reid speaks onstage during the 2025 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images for ESSENCE Morgan responded to Reid's claims on X. 'BREAKING: I interviewed Joy Reid last night. It did not go well… for Joy Reid. In fact, it went so badly for her that she's already gone public about how terrible it was, and I am. Apparently, I'm obsessed with race & identity politics,' he said with a laughing emoji. Morgan's representatives referred Fox News Digital to his social media comments and said he would address the controversy on his upcoming show.
Scottish Sun
7 days ago
- General
- Scottish Sun
‘Human hand' HAD to be involved in Air India crash disaster, pilot says…as he reveals billions-to-one odds of tech fault
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) AN EXPLOSIVE new theory from a top aviation expert has ignited fears that the devastating Air India crash may not have been an accident - but the result of a human act inside the cockpit. Captain Steve Scheibner suggested there was a "human hand" behind the tragedy of fight AI 171 - and insisted the aircraft itself was not to blame. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 12 The plane seconds before disaster 12 Officials inspect the remains of the Air India passenger plane at the crash site in Ahmedabad Credit: Knaresborough Cricket Club 12 The Boeing 787 Dreamliner plummeted into a doctors' hostel 12 Captain Steve Scheibner believes the Air India crash may have been a result of a human act inside the cockpit, not an accident Credit: Piers Morgan Uncensored Scheibner, a seasoned pilot and respected aviation analyst, told Piers Morgan Uncensored: "I don't think Boeing has fault in this one. "My take on it is that the aeroplane was operating exactly the way it was designed, I don't think there was anything wrong with this particular aircraft." The Boeing 787 Dreamliner plummeted into a doctors' hostel just seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad on July 13. It killed 241 passengers and 19 people on the ground in one of the worst disasters in aviation history, with only one passenger miraculously surviving. But while the early narrative leaned toward tragic malfunction, Scheibner was blunt: "When you place both fuel cutoff switches to cut off, that will fuel-starve the engines and they'll both flame out." And whether it was intentional or a mistake, he said: "Some things are plain and some things are clear, whether it was intentional, placing of the fuel control switches to cut off, or unintentional, that's two different things. "But I really firmly believe that there had to be a human hand on both of those for them to go to cut off." His comments follow a damning preliminary report by Indian crash investigators, which found the Dreamliner's fuel switches were manually moved from "RUN" to "CUTOFF" shortly after liftoff - an action that shut down both engines and triggered a fatal loss of thrust. They were turned back to "RUN" seconds before the crash, but it was too late. Cockpit audio captured one pilot asking: 'Why did you cut off?' and the other replying, 'I didn't.' Fuel switch-off on doomed Air India flight looks to be 'conscious human action', former pilot says 12 A cockpit view of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft shows the fuel switch; Annotations by The Sun Graphics Credit: Getty 12 An image showing how the fuel cut off switches have to be deliberately 'unlocked' before being moved Neither crew member was identified in the report, which also refrained from stating whether the switches were moved by mistake or by deliberate action. "There is no universe where there's any procedure ever in the history of commercial flight where you place both fuel control switches to cut off, leave them there for 10 seconds, right after rotate," Scheibner said, referencing the moment of liftoff. 'Two and a half billion to one' The aviation expert said the offs of a dual engine flameout on a Boeing 787 seconds after takeoff were "two and a half billion to one". "Everything just seems unbelievable," he added. Scheibner went on to explain: "There is no universe where there's any procedure ever in the history of commercial flight where you place both fuel control switches to cut off, leave them there for 10 seconds, right after, rotate, there is just not a scenario that that fits into. "And this according to the report, that's what happened." Key findings of the report: Dual engine shutdown - fuel cutoff switches moved from 'RUN' to 'CUTOFF' - fuel cutoff switches moved from 'RUN' to 'CUTOFF' Confusion between pilots - cockpit audio confirms one pilot asked 'why did you cutoff', the other replied 'I didn't' - cockpit audio confirms one pilot asked 'why did you cutoff', the other replied 'I didn't' RAT deployed - as seen in CCTV footage before the crash - as seen in CCTV footage before the crash Engine relight attempted - fuel switches were found returned to the "RUN" at crash site - fuel switches were found returned to the "RUN" at crash site 32 seconds - the time the aircraft was airborne before it crashed the time the aircraft was airborne before it crashed Thrust levers mismatch - Thrust levers found at idle but black box data shows takeoff thrust was still engaged - Thrust levers found at idle but black box data shows takeoff thrust was still engaged Fuel test pass - fuel was clean without any contamination - fuel was clean without any contamination Normal take-off set-up - Flaps and landing gear correctly configured - Flaps and landing gear correctly configured No bird activity - clear skies, good visibility, light winds - clear skies, good visibility, light winds Pilot credentials clear - both medically fit and rested - both medically fit and rested No sabotage detected - although FAA alerted over a known fuel switch vulnerability not checked by Air India - although FAA alerted over a known fuel switch vulnerability not checked by Air India Aircraft loading - the flight was within weight and balance limits Captain Scheibner isn't the only one raising red flags. Ex-pilot and aviation commentator Terry Tozer also weighed in this week, calling the odds of accidental switch-off "vanishingly small". He told The Sun: "The fuel cutoff switches were actioned shortly after lift off from RUN to CUTOFF. "That implies that somebody did that as a conscious human action, because so far as we understand, these switches have a lock mechanism." "They have to be lifted in order to be moved," he explained. "Otherwise they lock in position." Tozer flatly dismissed the idea of accidental flicking, saying: "I can't see why any pilot would have their hands anywhere near the area where these switches are located." 12 Vishwash Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash, poses for the first time since the disaster 12 Wreckage of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane sits on the ground outside Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport 12 Landing gear of the Air India plane crashed directly on the BJ Medical College UG hostel mess Tragic profile emerges The growing suspicion around the crash deepens with revelations about the pilot at the helm. Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a respected 56-year-old veteran, was reportedly just months from retirement and grieving the recent death of his mum. Neighbours say he was planning to leave flying altogether to care for his 92-year-old father. 'Just one or two more flights… then I'm going to just be with Papa,' he reportedly told a friend. But now, Captain Sabharwal's mental health is under scrutiny. Aviation sources in India told The Telegraph he had battled depression and taken time off in the years before the crash. Though he passed a Class I medical exam in September 2024, investigators are now combing through his medical records for clues. Leading Indian aviation expert Captain Mohan Ranganathan said: 'I have heard from several Air India pilots who told me he had some depression and mental health issues. He had taken time off from flying in the last three to four years.' Families of the victims who tragically died in the crash have slammed the preliminary report as a cover-up. They have dubbed the investigation "biased" and said it only appears to "blame the dead pilots". The Airline Pilots' Association of India (APAI) rejected the 'tone and direction' of the inquiry and said it came without sufficient evidence. Air India CEO Campbell Wilson also urged caution, warning staff in a leaked memo that the probe was far from over. 'The preliminary report identified no cause nor made any recommendations,' he wrote, adding that 'it provided both greater clarity and opened additional questions.' 12 Captain Sumeet Sabharwal was the lead pilot in the doomed Air India flight Credit: YouTube @Sheriff Hutton Bridge Cricket Club 12 Clive Kunder was the co-pilot on the doomed flight No fault found with aircraft The report confirmed that there were no mechanical issues, no bird strikes, and no fuel contamination. The aircraft's configuration for takeoff was normal, and both pilots were medically cleared and well-rested. It also highlighted that Boeing's fuel control switches — which require lifting and unlocking before moving — were working as designed. The FAA had issued a non-binding notice in 2018 about switch locking mechanisms on similar aircraft, but no airworthiness directive followed, and Air India admitted it had not carried out the suggested inspections. Still, both Scheibner and Tozer agree: it's extraordinarily unlikely this was a case of pure human error. 'We do know that the switches were placed to cut off,' said Scheibner. 'And 10 seconds later they were placed back to run… if one did it, the other probably was the one that undid it.'
