Wow the last Black Sabbath show really was the last one.
Ozzy Osbourne has died
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It is astonishing, isn't it? I'm reading Sirens of Titan right now and luck is such a big theme in it. You can always increase your odds by healthy living, but nothing is guaranteed. It really comes down to dumb luck.
Keith Richards is alive. Hard to think of a more improbable thing.
I always assumed it was the drugs keeping him going, but in reality I think he quit them a long time ago.
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#35Sang at his farewell concert, raised $190 million for childrens charity. Traveled to Switzerland and offed himself before parkinsons ravaged him. An aristocratic death
Doesn't Britain now have assisted dying? Why would he go to Switzerland for that?
They passed a law introducing it in a few years' time. There's a statutory system of death panels that needs to be implemented.
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#36An absolute legend.
I missed my chance to listen to Black Sabbath in 2015 or 2016 during the Rock am Ring because the last day was cancelled.
I'm happy for what Ozzy did in his sixties and seventies, and what a way to go.
And let's not forget, the most likely reason he's been able to get this far with his lifestyle post-80s and 90s is Sharon
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#37A life well lived, and his work touched millions. Rest in peace.
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#38I know it's not the most tasteful thing to speak about right now but Sharon and Ozzy have been vocal about their full support for euthanasia, Sharon watched her dad suffer with Alzheimer and it defined her views in the matter. So given this news plus their las gig being just weeks ago I assume it's likely what happened, or at least something that is arguably the same (e g. stopping life sustaining devices, not necess…
No, she has said he didn't euthanize himself. Someone posted a link.
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#39Sang at his farewell concert, raised $190 million for childrens charity. Traveled to Switzerland and offed himself before parkinsons ravaged him. An aristocratic death
FWIW, no source on the cause yet. Only thing we know is from their official statement here:
> 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
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#40Kinda funny that after everything he did Parkinsons was what got him.
What’s amazing is that 75.8 is the life expectancy of men in the US and he managed to cross it with the lifestyle he had.