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Daily Mirror
13 hours ago
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- Daily Mirror
Ozzy Osbourne's 'played prank' on daughter Kelly at funeral from beyond the grave
Metallica bassist, Robert Trujillo, has shared stories from Ozzy Osbourne's funeral, which was attended by his famous family, including youngest daughter, Kelly One of the famous guests at Ozzy Osbourne's funeral has revealed the moment he believed the beloved star played a prank on daughter Kelly at the service from beyond the grave. Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo says the ceremony was packed with 'magical moments' and guests felt Ozzy's wicked sense of humour as his daughter Kelly performed a special tribute. The Black Sabbath legend was laid to rest at his Buckingham Estate last month, just weeks after playing a final concert at Villa Park. Trujillo revealed that Kelly, 40, sang a tribute to her father during the service. But as she took to the stand with her lyric sheet a gust of wind blew the words away. It comes as the mum-of-one posted a poignant clip about her unconventional life on tour with the Black Sabbath sta r. Trujillo, a longtime member of Ozzy, said he felt that Ozzy's keen sense of humour was present at the farewell. Speaking on the Trunk Nation Show, he said: "It was a small group of people but very beautiful. It was very sad but at the same time some of the speeches were pretty funny. "It had been raining at the beginning of the service for longer than an hour before. And then as it sort of progressed through the service, the weather would change and different things would happen like when Kelly was singing, her lyrics flew (away). Like the wind blew her lyrics away. It was almost like Ozzy was having fun with her. " Trujillo did say that the day was emotional and very magical moments. Osbourne's fellow Black Sabbath co-founder Geezer Butler was crying at first when he addressed the crowd with the rain dropping. But when he stood back up to deliver his full eulogy the clouds departed leaving the attendees in the sun. "There were a lot of tears with Sabbath especially with Geezer., Geezer broke down in tears. He had a hard time, obviously, speaking," said Trujillo. And then he came back up and he delivered an amazing eulogy, "When Geezer spoke the sun came out. I am not kidding and then it was beautiful from that moment on. There were ,magical moments. "It was sad but at the same time people were sharing stories and all of a sudden there's laughter, and 'I remember this, I remember that.' "There's so many stories. "There so many heartfelt words - kind of reconnecting with different musicians and bandmates and crew members. "It felt like there was closure from this. And I am glad my wife Chloe and I went and shared that and we were able to have that moment with the family. " Back to the Beginning Speaking about the Back To The Beginning Black Sabbath show at Villa Park, that became Ozzy's final ever performance, Trujillo said: "It was something we wanted to do and a celebration. Everybody was on the same page. It was all about Ozzy and Sabbath and remembering why we play the music we play. It was because of these dudes man. They are the seed to everything we create . There was some beautiful moments. For every musician it resonated in the most powerful beautiful way. So it was sad in a lot of ways but it felt like something special and a new beginning and getting power from these guys." Trujillio recalled how he hung out with Ozzy and his Sabbath pals laughing that "it was like hanging with our heroes." He also said that he and singer James Hetfleld hung out with Ozzy after his show. The 60-year-old Santa Monica based star added: "James got on one knee and held Ozzy's hand. It was almost like saying goodbye to Ozzy in some ways. It was heart felt. It was a powerful moment. It was sad I had to leave the room, because I was so touched. "I believe Ozzy wanted this more than anything and he really did hang in there for all of us, so he could sing that one last time and take that final bow. He went out on his terms and in his way. " The Californian admitted that the Villa Park show was like a "living funeral", but noted: "it was a shock because I sent a little bit of time with him in Birmingham. And then all of a sudden I get the call. "In the last four years I somehow ended up connected to Ozzy. I co- wrote his last record with Andrew Watt and that was really special. "We did that and it was great because we won a couple of Grammys and he got rock album of the year - and he never had that before. I feel connected to him in a lot of ways. Ozzy helped so many bands. I call him the gateway. " Ozzy died on July 22 from a heart attack 17 days after Back To The Beginning. He played nine songs at the event which raised tens of millions for charities. Close friends and family had been laughing at another cheeky farewell ode to one of most controversial career moments. Ozzy was laid to rest in the grounds of his Buckinghamshire home which has special trees houses installed for bats. The Brummie rocker famously chomped the head off a bat during his Diary of a Madman tour in Des Moines' Veterans Memorial Auditorium in January 1982. The move prompted huge upset from animal charities, but cemented his place into rock and roll history as the craziest artist of all time. Oz insisted in his 2010 memoir that the bat was already dead, but regretted the decision after needing daily rabies shots for months. Now the star has "brought some light in this time of huge darkness for those close to him, but having a connected to the bats." Around the family's Welders estate they have installed environmental bat boxes allowing the creatures to have resting places in the countryside there.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Howard Stern Takes Surprise Break From Summer Vacation to Talk Ozzy Osbourne Death, Final Concert With Lars Ulrich: ‘Profoundly Sad'
Howard Stern unexpectedly returned from his long summer break on Wednesday morning (Aug. 5) to pay tribute to one of his favorite musicians, longtime friend of the show Ozzy Osbourne. With Ozzy's 'Mama, I'm Coming Home' playing the background, Stern said he was playing the song because, 'Ozzy's gone and I'm profoundly sad.' Calling him 'one of the fabulous guests' of all time on his SiriusXM show, Stern invited Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich on to discuss Osbourne's passing on July 22 at age 76 of a heart attack and the to describe the vibe at at Osbourne's final concert, the all-star Back to the Beginning gig on July 5 in Birmingham, England. 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That's why when Back to the Beginning musical director Tom Morello called in September asking Metallica if they'd take part in what was being billed as Ozzy's final show the answer was a quick hell yes. 'For him to feel that the journey was coming to a respectful end, that fulfilling end that he needed so the book could be closed… and I knew in my heart that he wanted to do that,' Ulrich said of Osbourne's determination to play one more show for fans despite the many serious health issues that had kept him off the road for seven years. 'Of course we were [like] 'f–k yeah!,'' Ulrich said of Metallica's answer to the invite to honor their musical heroes. Stern reminded Ulrich that he once said that heavy metal should have probably just been called 'Black Sabbath' given how influential the band was to the genre. 'You've always had this complete love for Ozzy,' Stern said to Ulrich, before wondering if Lars had gotten a chance to say a personal goodbye to his friend. 'Did you have a sense he was going to be dead in a few days?' Stern wondered. 'No, no… we hung, we said hello, we hugged,' Ulrich said of the interactions he had with Osbourne over the 3-4 days they were in Birmingham for the show. He described longtime Ozzy photographer Ross Halfin pulling together group shots of Ozzy and his Sabbath bandmates on one of the first rehearsal days, with Ozzy taking his seat on the huge throne he performed from during the gig. 'He was there and the Sabbath guys were there and we all positioned ourselves around [Ozzy] and Ross was directing traffic and he asked me to sit on the armrest of Ozzy's throne next to Ozzy,' Ulrich said during the shoot that he said felt like a 'class reunion.' 'It was such a great moment, because you walk in and it's, 'Oh my God, there's Steven Tyler! Oh my God, there's Chad Smith! Oh my God, there's Sammy Hagar! Oh my God there's Yungblud!,'' Ulrich said before describing sitting on the armrest and hugging it out with Ozzy before asking him what it felt like to be back in his hometown for this final bow. 'He was very eloquent and very sharp in his answer,' Ulrich said of Osbourne, who grew up about a mile or two from the stadium where the show took place. 'We were just sitting doing small talk, but it was so warm and he was very present, coherent. It was just his body that was not in good shape, but his mind… he was eloquent and talking and in the moment.' He and his Metallica mates were also among the few on hand who got to watch Black Sabbath's soundcheck the next day. 'All the rest of us were just losing our f–king minds and then they started playing 'War Pigs' with the lights on and the show and air raid sirens and then we were obviously, as fans — and I don't think I'm speaking out of turn here or being disrespectful — as fans I think there was a sense from all the other musicians and friends of Black Sabbath who were there… we were hoping for the best. We wanted it to be the best. We wanted it to be a grand slam, but we didn't know, because ultimately none of us knew what kind of shape they were in.' As they continued playing 'War Pigs,' Ulrich said everyone realized that Sabbath sounded just as good, if not better than ever. 'Then Ozzy came in singing and sounded great, hit all the notes and the lyrics and the timings and everybody was like, 'this is gonna be fine, they're gonna f–king kill it,'' Ulrich said he thought. There were no final goodbyes, Ulrich said, because nobody felt that this was the definitive end. 'Obviously it was the end of the music and the end of the live experience, but it wasn't like… yes, he wasn't in great shape, but nobody walked away from that three or four day weekend going, 'that's the last time we'll see Ozzy,'' he said. So, when Osbourne passed two weeks later, Ulrich said the shock of the 'surreal' news was 'indescribable.' 'We were all just so stunned,' Ulrich said of the universal reaction among Ozzy's many musical compatriots and friends. 'So sad. But at the same time he got to live, to accomplish that concert and that appearance that had been in him since before COVID. He got up there, he played [five solo songs and four Sabbath songs]…. and I think probably if you're going go play [a] little quarterback/psychiatrist, Monday morning, maybe it was just a load off his shoulders and he got to accomplish what he wanted and maybe he just sort of let go.' Stern praised Osbourne as a great friend, but also a 'great radio guest,' who would always do something wacky on his show, with both men also noting that Ozzy was funny, warm and caring and, as Ulrich said, 'made everybody laugh that was in the room.' Ulrich also said he's spent his time off this summer checking out Oasis on their reunion tour, including a gig at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday night (Aug. 3). Asked by Stern if he went backstage to 'counsel them' on how to get along — in reference to formerly battling brothers and Oasis co-founders Liam and Noel Gallagher who split for 16 years following a last straw backstage row in 2009 — Ulrich said he could assure Howard that 'the love up on stage and the love in the stadium… they don't need any counseling. They're getting along like a house on fire. It's beautiful.' Metallica famously brought in a therapist in the early 2000s to hash out their toxic intergroup dynamics, but when Ulrich noted that he was also at the first Oasis reunion shows in Cardiff, Wales on July 4, he said there's nothing the Gallaghers need from him. 'As awesome and as next level as it was in Cardiff a month ago, which was the first show in 15 years, it was even better at Wembley a couple days ago. They don't need any counseling or advice from me,' said self-proclaimed 'huge' Oasis fan Ulrich, who has seen the band between 20-30 times over the years. Though they were happy to discuss Ozzy and Oasis, the ostensible reason for the chat was to announce the year-round Maximum Metallica channel on SiriusXM, which will launch on Aug. 29 on channel 42 and the SiriusXM app. To help launch the channel, the band will play a live show at Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, N.Y. on Aug. 28. 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Yahoo
5 days ago
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Kelly Osbourne shares heartbreaking realisation about late dad Ozzy in new documentary
Kelly Osbourne makes a moving revelation about her father Ozzy in a new BBC documentary filmed ahead of the musician's death, aged 76. To many of his fans and, evidently, his daughter, Osbourne was once jokingly thought of as indestructible thanks to his headline-making antics over the years, which included biting the head off a dead bat and supposedly 'snorting' a line of ants. In scenes set to air in a new one-hour special, shot before the Black Sabbath frontman's death on 23 July, Kelly muses sadly on her father's health struggles, stating that the seemingly unstoppable Prince of Darkness behind 'Iron Man', the classic Sabbath song, 'wasn't really made of iron'. Titled Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, the one-off project, recorded over three years, will air on 18 August and is described as 'an inspirational account of the last chapter of Ozzy's life', featuring candid access to his wife Sharon as well as children Kelly and Jack. The project was originally pitched as a series designed to emulate the wackiness of The Osbournes, which launched the family to reality TV superstardom in the 1990s. However, it became a one-hour film after Ozzy suffered ill health in the wake of a Parkinson's diagnosis. Coming Home will focus on Ozzy's efforts to get fit enough to perform a Black Sabbath farewell show in his home city of Birmingham – something the rocker pulled off just two weeks before his death. The documentary's executive producers Ben Wicks and Colin Barr said 'it was an incredible privilege to spend the last few years with Ozzy, as well as Sharon, Jack and Kelly'. They said that, despite his ill health, they witnessed 'his sense of mischief and his honesty in the final years of his life' – but said his 'intense love for his exceptional family who were by his side through it all' is what struck them most about the experience. The announcement of the documentary comes after Ozzy and wife Sharon's eldest daughter Aimee listed the singer's occupation as 'songwriter, performer and rock legend' on his death certificate. The certificate also revealed Ozzy's cause of death was 'acute myocardial infarction' – typically meaning the death of tissue resulting from a failure of blood supply to an organ – and 'out of hospital cardiac arrest', or heart attack. It also listed coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease with autonomic dysfunction as 'joint causes' of death. On 30 July, thousands of fans lined the streets to say a final farewell as his funeral cortege passed through Broad Street in Birmingham, before a private funeral service for family and friends. In one particularly emotional moment, Sharon, 72, wiped away tears before kissing her own flower and placing it beside a poster that read: 'Birmingham will always love you.' Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home airs on 18 August.
Yahoo
6 days ago
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Black Sabbath posts Ozzy Osbourne tribute after rocker's death at 76
Black Sabbath posted its first comments on the death of former frontman and metal icon Ozzy Osbourne. 'Ozzy Forever,' the legendary British rockers wrote on Instagram, along with a photo of Osbourne at their farewell final concert on July 5 in Villa Park in the singer's hometown of Birmingham, England. In a separate post, Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi also offered a tribute on behalf of the rest of the band. 'I just can't believe it,' Iommi said on X. 'My dear dear friend Ozzy has passed away only weeks after our show at Villa Park. Follow The Post's coverage on Ozzy Osbourne's death Ozzy Osbourne was suffering from debilitating Parkinson's disease, spinal injury in years leading up to his death Ozzy Osbourne 'surrounded by love' and family when he died Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's ups and downs during their 40-year marriage Ozzy Osbourne's final Instagram post before death was touching tribute to Black Sabbath's last show Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness, dead at 76 'It's just such heartbreaking news that I can't really find the words. There won't ever be another like him. [Terrence] Geezer [Butler], Bill [Ward] and myself have lost our brother. 'My thoughts go out to Sharon and all the Osbourne family,' he added. 'Rest in Pease, Oz. Tony.' Osbourne's family announced Tuesday that the 76-year-old 'Prince of Darkness' had died following a long battle with Parkinson's disease and other health issues. Black Sabbath burst onto the music scene in 1967 with Osbourne on vocals, Iommi on guitar, Butler on bass and Ward on drums. Osbourne was fired by the band in 1979, but periodically reunited with his mates, most recently for the July 5 concert, during which he performed seated in a special throne due to his health. Sabbath's succinct but heartfelt comment drew more than 12,000 comments and more than 340,000 likes in just 30 minutes — and was part of an avalanche of online tributes. Among them was a shoutout from Rolling Stone magazine, which called Osbourne 'the singular metal legend whose Black Sabbath virtually invented heavy metal.' Even 'Machete' star Danny Trejo shared his grief on X. 'Today we lost one of the wildest souls to ever walk this Earth,' Trejo wrote. 'Ozzy wasn't just The Prince of Darkness, he was pure light to those of us lucky enough to meet him. 'A heart bigger than any stage he ever rocked,' he said. Another tribute came from actor Adam Sandler. 'Whether we were in our basements with our brothers, in the woods with our buddies, in the car, at a keg party, on a boat, on a football practice, at a sleepover… Nobody was more badass to crank up on our speakers than the one and only prince of darkness,' Sandler wrote. 'Loved him.'
Euronews
05-08-2025
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- Euronews
Ozzy Osbourne died of heart attack, death certificate shows
Ozzy Osbourne, the heavy metal icon and self-styled Prince of Darkness, died of a heart attack, according to a death certificate filed in London and reviewed by the New York Times. The certificate confirms that Osbourne died of "(a) Out of hospital cardiac arrest (b) Acute myocardial infarction (c) Coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease with autonomic dysfunction (Joint Causes)." The former Black Sabbath frontman had been diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2003. Osbourne died at home surrounded by his family on 22 July at the age of 76, just weeks after his farewell concert in Birmingham. Either clad in black or bare-chested, the singer was often the target of parents' groups for his imagery and once caused an uproar for biting the head off a bat. Later, he would reveal himself to be a slightly doddering and sweet father on the reality TV show "The Osbournes." Black Sabbath's 1969 self-titled debut LP has been likened to the Big Bang of heavy metal. It came during the height of the Vietnam War and crashed the hippie party, dripping menace and foreboding. The cover of the record was of a spooky figure against a stark landscape. The music was loud, dense and angry, and marked a shift in rock 'n' roll. The band's second album, "Paranoid," included such classic metal tunes as "War Pigs," "Iron Man" and "Fairies Wear Boots." The song "Paranoid", which hit top ten on many charts across Europe, became in many ways the band's signature song. Both albums were voted among the top 10 greatest heavy metal albums of all time by readers of Rolling Stone magazine. "Black Sabbath are the Beatles of heavy metal. Anybody who's serious about metal will tell you it all comes down to Sabbath," Dave Navarro of the band Jane's Addiction wrote in a 2010 tribute in Rolling Stone. "There's a direct line you can draw back from today's metal, through Eighties bands like Iron Maiden, back to Sabbath." Black Sabbath fired Osbourne in 1979 for his legendary excesses, like showing up late for rehearsals and missing gigs. "We knew we didn't really have a choice but to sack him because he was just so out of control. But we were all very down about the situation," wrote bassist Terry "Geezer" Butler in his memoir, "Into the Void." Osbourne re-emerged the next year as a solo artist with "Blizzard of Ozz" and the following year's "Diary of a Madman," both hard rock classics that went multi-platinum and spawned enduring favourites such as "Crazy Train," "Goodbye to Romance," and "You Can't Kill Rock and Roll." Osbourne was twice inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, once with Sabbath in 2006 and again in 2024 as a solo artist. The original Sabbath line-up reunited for the first time in 20 years in July 2025 in the UK for what Osborne said would be his final concert. "Let the madness begin!" he told 42,000 fans. "Black Sabbath: we'd all be different people without them, that's the truth," said Pantera singer Phil Anselmo. "I know I wouldn't be up here with a microphone in my hand without Black Sabbath." Thousands of fans lined the streets of Birmingham to pay respect to Osbourne as his funeral cortege made its way through the city on 30 July.
