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New York Post
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- New York Post
‘Heartbroken' Sharon Osbourne leaning on family after Ozzy's death: ‘There's a lot of pain'
Sharon Osbourne is grieving the loss of her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne, after his shocking death last week at 76. An insider close to the TV personality revealed that the Black Sabbath legend's passing has left Sharon, 72, so devastated that their children have had to step in to take care of her. 'Sharon's heartbroken but very proud of the life the family built together,' a source told People on Monday. 'Everyone's rallying around her. She's been the rock of this family for decades, and now it's her turn to be held up.' Advertisement 4 Sharon Osbourne at Fox Studios in NYC on September 27, 2022. Getty Images 4 Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne attend the 13th Annual Design Care Benefiting The HollyRod Foundation on July 23, 2011, in Beverly Hills, California. WireImage 'The kids are making sure she's never alone – they've been with her constantly, sharing stories, laughing through the tears and just being together,' the source added. 'There's a lot of pain, but also a lot of comfort from the family time that they got to enjoy up until the very end.' Advertisement Ozzy and Sharon married in July 1982 and later welcomed three kids together: Aimee, 41, Kelly, 40, and Jack, 39. Besides Aimee, Kelly and Jack, Ozzy also had Riley, 59, Jessica, 45, and Louis, 50, from his first marriage to Thelma Riley. 4 Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne with their children, Aimee, Kelly and Jack, in 1987. Getty Images Ozzy's wife and four of his six children announced the heavy metal icon's passing in a statement to The Post on Tuesday, July 22. Advertisement He died following a long battle with Parkinson's disease and other health issues. '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,' they began. 4 Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne together at an event in 1985. Getty Images 'He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time,' his family added. 'Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.' Advertisement The 'Crazy Train' singer passed away less than three weeks after his final show with Black Sabbath in the band's hometown of Birmingham, England. Ozzy and Sharon moved back to Birmingham in March 2023 amid the 'Shot in the Dark' rocker's ongoing battle with Parkinson's. 'Sharon had wanted to move back to England for years, especially as she got older,' a source said after Ozzy's death. 'England was always home for them, but it became more than that.' 'It was about creating peace and the best life possible together in their final chapter,' the insider continued. 'The path back to England wasn't easy. His health has been fragile for years. It was a gift, because they got a year and a half together, at home.'
Time of India
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Suffering from Brugada syndrome, Ashley Cooke releases new song 'the hell you are'; what's the rare genetic disorder the country singer has been diagnosed with
Rising country music star Ashley Cooke has released her latest single, 'the hell you are, ' a powerful breakup anthem, just days after revealing she's been diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening heart condition called Brugada syndrome . The 28-year-old singer, who rose to national recognition with her 2023 debut album 'Shot in the Dark', opened up about her diagnosis in a July 13 interview with Taste of Country, describing the condition as 'terrifying.' 'That's the scary part of Brugada syndrome,' Cooke said. 'It just feels like a ghost around you. Because there's no warning signs, no symptoms. It's just one of those things where all of a sudden one day, this certain thing in your heart can just stop, and you're just gone.' What is Brugada syndrome? It is a genetic disorder that causes the heart's lower chambers to beat irregularly, sometimes leading to sudden cardiac arrest , particularly during sleep. According to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, it affects approximately 5 in 10,000 people. Often undetected until a cardiac episode occurs, the condition is diagnosed through a specialized EKG and sometimes treated with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) in high-risk cases. Live Events Cooke shared that multiple members of her family have died unexpectedly due to the condition. Her own diagnosis came amid a tumultuous year when her mother recently suffered a heart attack and was readmitted for chest pains, her father has battled cancer five times, and both grandmothers passed away in recent months. 'All this happened while I was on tour,' she said in a TikTok video posted July 7. 'Like, amazing career year, and terrible personal life year.' Cooke channeled her emotion into 'the hell you are,' an emotionally-charged song co-written with Seth Ennis, Joe Fox, Chase McGill, and Emily Weisband, and produced by country hitmaker Dan Huff. 'This song is that moment of clarity when you finally put your foot down on what you deserve,' Cooke said in a statement. 'It's calling someone out for their actions not matching their words and deciding to be done believing that it'll be different this time.' The music video visually mirrors that emotional upheaval, starting with her preparing a romantic dinner and ending in destruction after discovering betrayal. She is currently on tour with Parker McCollum , with shows lined up through November 2025.
USA Today
21-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Tiger Woods' 'Shot in the Dark' still resonates at Firestone Country Club 25 years later
Twenty-five years after Tiger Woods' 'Shot in the Dark,' all Hal Sutton remembers are the beams of light. Sutton believes it may have been from cars in the distance as the 2000 World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational was nearing conclusion. One long-time volunteer recalls trucks being pulled into the parking lot at Firestone Country Club for illumination. Behind the 18th green, a light pole stood beside the CBS broadcast tower housing Jim Nantz and Ken Venturi. Network cameras had irises wide open, deceiving viewers of the blackness at 8:25 p.m. After a nearly three-hour rain delay, all were pushing to finish. Woods' playing partner, Sutton, had a plane waiting to take him to Jamaica for a match in 'Shell's Wonderful World of Golf' the next day. Woods battled flu-like symptoms in the final round, his fever breaking on the fourth hole. Woods came to 18 with a 10-stroke lead, so the only thing in doubt was where Sutton would end up on the earnings list. Facing a chip from behind the green that he had to walk off to gauge, Sutton recently said by phone, 'I had never been part of something that dark.' But Woods didn't need to see. Channeling his childhood days playing in the twilight with his father, Woods struck an 8-iron from 167 yards that landed two feet from the pin. After locating the ball, the gallery erupted. To help him sink the birdie putt, fans pulled out cigarette lighters. 'It was just like you were at a concert, wanting to have another encore,' then-tournament director Tom Strong said. Ryan Lewis takes on 'The Monster': The Monster 16th at Firestone South: One hacker's adventure playing a 667-yard par-5 'The cool effect of it all was when the putt was on the way, all the flashbulbs going off. It created for golf a paparazzi moment that you never see in the heat of the battle,' Nantz said. 'There was a long list of jaw-dropping moments in Tiger's career, but this is on the very short list of the ones that defy explanation. That shot. The hole-out at 16 at Augusta in 2005 where the ball hung on the lip. There's a long list of almost ridiculous achievements and accomplishments by Tiger. But this is on that ultra-exclusive special-special list of things you can never explain.' What readers remember: Readers share memories of Tiger Woods' 'Shot in the Dark' at Firestone Country Club in 2000 The 'Shot in the Dark' remains arguably the most iconic moment in the 70-year history of professional golf at Firestone, where Woods has won eight times. Strong, now a retired PGA Tour official living in Wisconsin, puts it in his top three in Akron, with Woods' seven-hole playoff victory over Jim Furyk in the 2001 NEC Invitational his No. 1. Nantz added Jose Maria Olazabal's 12-shot victory in the 1990 NEC World Series of Golf, Greg Norman chipping in from the right of the 18th green to win a 1995 NEC playoff with Nick Price and Billy Mayfair and Jack Nicklaus vs. Lee Elder, who went shot for shot for four playoff holes before Nicklaus won the 1968 American Golf Classic. With Nicklaus rallying from a five-stroke deficit and Frank Beard eliminated earlier in sudden death, that ending has been called one of the most exciting in televised golf history. But for most golf fans, those do not remain talking points. The spot from where Woods hit the 'Shot in the Dark' in the first cut right of the fairway has become a destination. During the June 18 pro-am before the $3.5 million Kaulig Companies Championship, amateurs and caddies took pictures. There are divots from those who have tried recreating Woods' magic. 'Who else could have done that? One of the greatest athletes of the century, an incredible athlete at the peak of his skills doing something absolutely unfathomable,' said Michael Weinreb, a journalist, novelist and screenwriter who pens 'Throwbacks' on Substack. The 'Shot in the Dark' was Weinreb's final article for the Beacon Journal before he left to attend graduate school. 'I distinctly remember that sound of that ball landing on the green, that plunk of the ball,' Weinreb said by phone from his home in Oakland. 'It almost felt like you were alone because it was so dark out. I will never forget that feeling — 'This is something I will remember 25 years from now' — and I do. 'It's one of those moments that gives you chills just thinking about it.' Reader memories: Remembering Tiger Woods' 'Shot in the Dark' at Firestone Country Club in 2000 Woods, 49, has amassed 82 career victories on the PGA Tour, including 15 majors. At the 2000 NEC, he was coming off a playoff victory over Bob May in the PGA Championship, had won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach by 15 shots and the Open Championship at St. Andrews by 8 strokes. After eight official victories that year, he would complete the 'Tiger Slam' in April with a two-shot triumph at the Masters. Ernie Els was runner-up at two of those, the U.S. and British Opens. 'That's one of those moments that Tiger Woods brought to this place,' Els said June 18 of the 'Shot in the Dark.' 'So many moments just on this venue.' Nantz broadcast tournaments from Akron for 33 years and remains nostalgic for Firestone, which last hosted a PGA Tour event in 2018. His memories of the 'Shot in the Dark' are more vivid than his sight was that night. 'I could not make out anyone back in the fairway,' Nantz said by phone from his home at Pebble Beach. 'It was that almost boomerang-shaped green and that back hole location is extremely narrow. I never could follow the ball in flight. I remember this thing coming in and once it landed, it was just jaw-dropping. I could still barely make out the golf ball. It was as if he had GPS'd the shot and struck it with his eyes closed because that's basically what it felt like in person.' Sutton, 67, living in Columbus, Texas, in retirement, won 14 times on the PGA Tour. He admitted he initially wasn't wild about the rush to the clubhouse. Strong recalled the rules officials wanting to stop at 16 before getting word the final group wanted to finish. 'He had a [big] lead on me. Who knows what I could have made in the dark,' Sutton said by phone from his hometown of Shreveport, La., where he was visiting his father. 'He wanted to go play and I was like, 'Uh, I'm the only one who could lose anything here. He can't play that bad on the hole.' 'We agreed and he makes birdie, and I made par. It all worked out fine and it was part of history.' Sutton nearly holed his chip, easing his anxiety. Always naming Firestone among his favorites because 'it's a great ball-strikers course,' Sutton found consolation in his one-shot victory over Woods in the 2000 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Sutton counts that among his career highlights, along with beating Nicklaus in the 1983 PGA Championship at Riviera Country Club. When it was suggested that Woods won basically everything in 2000, Sutton said, 'Except TPC. So I was with him at two iconic moments of that year. Kind of fun to recall both of those moments, really. One I was the winner and one he trounced us all.' Sutton said he was never bothered by the massive galleries that followed Woods. 'That's what we dealt with every week. They were wanting to see history,' Sutton said. 'They thought Tiger was going to break all of Jack's records. 'The crowd to me was always like a frame to a picture. Actually, the crowd makes it easier in a way because it frames where you're trying to go.' Woods has not competed since July 2024 due to multiple surgeries, many after a horrific single-car accident in 2021 in Los Angeles. He turns 50 on Dec. 30, making him eligible for the PGA Tour Champions, which allows players to ride in carts. 'When he gets in a cart, he'll tear it up, absolutely,' Nicklaus said last month at the Memorial Tournament, per Golfweek. 'He'll win better than 50 percent of the tournaments he plays in, I think. You all know how good a player he is but, I mean, his work ethic is so good.' Els has been Woods' victim several times and watched his legendary shots, many at Firestone. Count Els among those who hope Woods can return to the Akron course he once dominated. 'He's just an amazing, phenomenal player,' Els said. 'Hopefully we'll see him out here next year or the year after that.'
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Send us your memories of Tiger Woods' 'Shot in the Dark' at Firestone Country Club
With professional golf returning to Firestone Country Club for this week's Kaulig Companies Championship, it will mark the 25th anniversary of Tiger Woods' legendary 'Shot in the Dark' on the famed South Course. Playing in near darkness in the final round of the 2000 World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational after a long rain delay, Woods faced an 8-iron approach 168 yards from the pin. His strike landed two feet from the hole, setting up a birdie and an 11-shot victory. Advertisement Fans held up burning lighters like they were attending a rock concert as Woods, on his way to an eight-win season and in the midst of the 'Tiger Slam' of four consecutive majors, received a loud ovation. The spot in the fairway from where he hit is now marked with a plaque. Firestone Country Club's toughest hole: One hacker's adventure playing a 667-yard par-5 Were you in the gallery for that iconic moment? The Beacon Journal is soliciting memories of that shot (and that day) for a story. Please include your memories below or email them to dkadar@ This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Tiger Woods 'Shot in the Dark' at Firestone: Share your memories
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Island author event promises 'murder' and intrigue
The typically quiet Lord Louis Library is preparing for a night of suspense in March. On Tuesday, March 11, the library will host three well-known Isle of Wight crime writers for an evening of literary intrigue. The event, named Plotting a Murder, will see authors Anna Britton, Mary Grand and Sue Shepherd delve into the secrets of their popular novels. Mary Grand is set to discuss her successful whodunnit tales like A Seaside Murder and A Christmas Murder, which are known for their clever plots set on the Isle of Wight. READ MORE: Expert magician Bertie Pearce to give lecture in Cowes Isle of Wight crime writers set for suspenseful evening at Lord Louis Library (Image: Supplied) Anna Britton, recognised for her Detective Martin and Stern series, will share how she constructs her stories. Her debut, Shot in the Dark, has already gained a following. Sue Shepherd, praised for her Sandlin PI series, will reveal her process for creating suspenseful narratives. Councillor Julie Jones-Evans said: "This is a wonderful opportunity for our community to engage with talented local authors and gain a deeper appreciation for the art of crime writing." The event will start at 7pm, with tickets available for £3 each from the library. Medina Bookshop will be present to sell the authors' novels and refreshments will be provided by the Friends of Lord Louis Library.
