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Ozzy Osbourne has died
- 93po 1y agoone of the few (auto?)biographies i've ever read, and it was a really entertaining read. seemed like a complicated but good guy.
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- guzik 1y agoThose who made it to the Birmingham show were very lucky
- pimeys 1y agoI saw them live in the early 2000's. Such a great band, and what a legacy.
- Tommix11 1y agoOne of the great ones are gone. RIP Ozzy.
- basisword 1y agoNice he was able to have his farewell show a couple of weeks ago.
- potato3732842 1y agoKinda funny that after everything he did Parkinsons was what got him.
- thinkingtoilet 1y agoIt 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.
- x0x0 1y agoKeith Richards is alive. Hard to think of a more improbable thing.
- doubled112 1y agoI always assumed it was the drugs keeping him going, but in reality I think he quit them a long time ago.
- thr0waway001 1y agoPlease implore your children and children’s children to leave a better world for Keith Richards.
- metadaemon 1y agoDid you mean a better world than Keith?
- EvanAnderson 1y agoPresumably Keith will outlast your children.
- elwell 1y ago/whoosh/
- racl101 1y agoyup
- Flatcircle 1y agoSang at his farewell concert, raised $190 million for childrens charity. Traveled to Switzerland and offed himself before parkinsons ravaged him. An aristocratic death
- ChocolateGod 1y agoIs there any proof he went to Switzerland? I heard rumours of him and Sharon having a 'suicide pact' to go to Dignitas but figured it was just rumours.
- shafyy 1y agoDo you have a source that he "offed himself" in Switzerland? Did he do assisted suicide in Switzerland?
- steveklabnik 1y agoSharon once claimed that they had agreed that if they ever got too ill, they'd do assisted suicide. Kelley claims she said this for attention and it's not the case.
- pixl97 1y agoHere is an article discussing it from 11 days ago. https://people.com/kelly-osbourne-debunks-rumors-about-ozzy-osbourne-health-clarifies-hes-not-dying-11770973 https://people.com/kelly-osbourne-debunks-rumors-about-ozzy-... Needless to say the title of the article seemingly has been reverse debunked.
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- atlgator 1y agoWhen his final concert was covered on the news, they even mentioned his suicide agreement with his wife. It was very foreshadowing, like saying "yeah, this is really it."
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- eboynyc32 1y agoIconic singer. He’s finally flying high again.
- weinzierl 1y agoIn his last decade he must have been a dreamer who dreamt of better days. Sad to see him go.
- huqedato 1y agoRIP Ozzy. You were "THE" Founder.
- SketchySeaBeast 1y agoThe Prince of Darkness will be missed. What a legend.
- mattigames 1y agoI 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 necessarily taking anything) Last stop for the crazy train, see you on the other side!
- sigzero 1y agoNo, she has said he didn't euthanize himself. Someone posted a link.
- racl101 1y agoMaybe it was the sheer will to do one last show.
- Sander_Marechal 1y agoIt happens. My dad had a brain tumor. He was hell-bent on making his retirement age (65). He died two days after his 65th birthday.
- racl101 1y agoMy condolences. Hopefully he got to enjoy actual retirement sooner.
- blast 1y agoWhat is the link?
- whycome 1y agoYeah. Someone said that someone else posted a link. Refuting it and saying there’s proof without actually providing it is…a challenge.
- Peacefulz 1y agoWhat a loss. Hope he's rocking with Randy somewhere out there. Don't miss the recent tribute of Mr. Crowley with Jack Black on vocals. It was truly awesome. https://youtu.be/hm-M8GvgYws?si=10CEt7SXhbEITqA0 https://youtu.be/hm-M8GvgYws?si=10CEt7SXhbEITqA0
- ahazred8ta 1y agoAs a cameo, he defeated a giant bat in Little Nicky. (2000) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1WBLiitrpSg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1WBLiitrpSg
- wnevets 1y agoWow the last Black Sabbath show really was the last one.
- frankfrank13 1y agoUnreal timing, though, I'm sure he knew
- xxr 1y agoI feel like everyone on the inside knew it was coming very soon which is why it seemed so peculiarly Ozzy-focused down to the cake that Geezer Butler brought out to him at the end of the show (and I imagine the contingency plan was to have vocalists from all the other bands fill in during the Black Sabbath set).
- tetha 1y agoThis makes me wonder if Ozzy will have one last appearance at Wacken, like Lemmy did.
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- artembugara 1y agoAn 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
- mihaitodor 1y agoIndeed... The clip for Under the Graveyard sums it up well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzyA5gDa4E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzyA5gDa4E
- NickC25 1y agoA life well lived, and his work touched millions. Rest in peace.
- scop 1y agoGod bless you Ozzy. Thank you for everything.
- tmtvl 1y agoI may have had my misgivings about the man (especially his attitude towards his successor), but I shan't deny the influence he had on the music I love. Rest in peace, mr. Osbourne.
- scoreandmore 1y agoFunny growing up in the 70s and 80s watching the Moral Majority lose their collective shit over Black Sabbath. Satanic panic was real: I had to hide my records from my dad and only play them when he wasn’t home. I still prefer Dio but ozzy had more of an impact on culture. War Pigs is the most metal anti war song ever which is why the religious right hated it so much. Nothing to do with satanism, more about speaking truth to power. Still as relevant in 1970 as it is today.
- rwmj 1y agoIn "you couldn't make this up" news, the BBC has a statement on his death from the UK Justice Secretary. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn0qq5nyxn0t?post=asset%3A5cd8c29d-a8b3-4cf3-ab92-263d7f041962#post https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn0qq5nyxn0t?post=asset%3A5c...
- pas 1y agouh, can you please explain the "joke" for those who are not ... yeah, so I understand that UK Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, is the representative of Birmingham (where Black Sabbath and Ozzy are from), but why is it considered "you couldn't make this up" news? thanks!
- Lammy 1y agoI like how people were just responding to aesthetics despite After Forever being a song about how Jesus was way cool
- renewiltord 1y agoIncredible artist. Never got to see him live but listened to him so much growing up. Nostalgic feeling.
- rybosome 1y agoRIP to a legend who had a profound impact on me as a young musician. To quote my favorite song of his: I've seen your face a hundred times Everyday we've been apart And I don't care about the sunshine, yeah 'Cause mama, mama, I'm coming home
- babymetal 1y agoDamn. I'm visiting my sister in Birmingham next week. It's a big city with a lot of history (industrial revolution, modern geology), and a lot of pride in ordinary people doing their best. RIP Ozzy.
- te_chris 1y agoCranking paranoid
- hypertexthero 1y agoGoodbye, Ozzy :( Two of my favorite Sabbath songs: Zeitgeist, 2013 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ofrYzMU6cw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ofrYzMU6cw Planet Caravan, 1970 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm2N2nHqITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm2N2nHqITY
- pimeys 1y agoInto the Void, for me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx6IwshTL6M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx6IwshTL6M They invented so many things here, and Ozzy is the blueprint of a heavy metal singer hundreds of people copied decades to come after this one.
- deagle50 1y agowar pigs
- rudasn 1y agohttps://youtu.be/IB6jbWoGtlA?si=kPUYfTnwoY4_qJUU https://youtu.be/IB6jbWoGtlA?si=kPUYfTnwoY4_qJUU
- upghost 1y agoN.I.B. for me. Greatest love song of all time. https://youtu.be/NsXEb-NOs88 https://youtu.be/NsXEb-NOs88 Changes. Saddest song of all time. Can't listen to it without crying. https://youtu.be/dOz_dLmpT9A https://youtu.be/dOz_dLmpT9A
- tarsinge 1y agohttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K3b6SGoN6dA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K3b6SGoN6dA The greatest heavy metal performance to me. Sounding so heavy 55 years ago with primitive PA and a crappy recording, I’m amazed every time I watch it.
- pcdoodle 1y agoDefiantly worth the watch
- tetrisgm 1y agoSoittakaa Paranoid! RIP
- sillysaurusx 1y agoI’m coming in from a position of ignorance here, so I was hoping the community would help me understand: the only thing I know about Ozzy is that he’s bitten the heads off of various animals, including doves and bats. That happened before I was even born. But, looking over the comments, no one seems to be talking about it. My question is, is it just not a big deal? If someone did that today, they’d be crucified in the courts of public opinion. One could argue that it’s disrespectful to bring this up on his death thread, but, two points: one, I hope that people will bring up my mistakes when I pass, so that others can learn from it; and two, this is the only opportunity to talk about it, since Ozzy has rarely been a topic on HN. Ozzy fans, can you help me understand why few people seem to care? It’s hard to wrap my head around the idea that someone can decapitate some animals with their own teeth and then still build a loyal following. Was he just that good at music? I’m posting this from a place of curiosity, not malice, for what it’s worth. EDIT: Even if the bat was a mistake, what about the doves? https://kiisfm.iheart.com/content/2022-01-24-theres-another-more-disturbing-detail-to-ozzys-infamous-dove-incident/ https://kiisfm.iheart.com/content/2022-01-24-theres-another-...
- josefresco 1y ago~43 years ago he bit the head off a bat accidently: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ozzy-osbourne-bites-head-off-bat-anniversary-1287867/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ozzy-osbourne-... I'm not sure how that turned into "he’s bitten the heads off of various animals" "That night in Des Moines, someone threw a live bat. “I thought it was a rubber bat,” Osbourne said. “I picked it up, put it in my mouth, crunched down, bit into it, being the clown that I am.”"
- thomashabets2 1y agoHe bit the head of what he thought was a rubber bat that someone threw on stage. Turns out it was not rubber. As for the rest. He was an icon. It's hard to see after the fact why something is revolutionary. Retrospectively it all seems obvious. Like Newton and gravity, or calculus. It doesn't look mind-blowing because everything that comes after it is influenced by it, and being first to start a new sound is only obvious if you look at the timeline.
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- Permit 1y agoMany (probably not most, but close to it) death announcements on Hacker News are not tech related: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%22has%20died%22&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... In recent posts I see Brian Wilson (musician), Sly Stone (musician), Frederick Forsyth (author) and Michael Madsen (actor) all with over 50 points.
- nubinetwork 1y agoJust because the moderators don't follow their own rules, doesn't make it right to spam obituaries about random celebrities
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- DebtDeflation 1y agoNow I REALLY wish I would have figured out a way to make it to the UK for Black Sabbath's final concert a couple of weeks ago.
- jasoneckert 1y agoWhile Ozzy had nothing to do with the tech world directly, many of us leveraged his music to create our code and keep our sanity. I'd love to see a black bar on HN to celebrate the Prince of Darkness!
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- whycome 1y agoA weird tech-related aspect to this for me. A few weeks ago I saw a viral video of his daughter saying that the final show really was his “funeral” and that he knew it would be his last show. I’m not a fan of his really so the video kinda passed me by, and I didn’t even realize it was AI generated. Upon his death now I’m struck by how accurate the video was. And, how it was emotionally very….accurate? I had internalized it as “truth” because I didn’t care enough to verify. But, in a weird way, it was “truth” even though the specific facts of it may not have been accurate. I don’t know if I have a particular point here, just that the experience of AI infiltrating in this sideways method is …concerning.
- Joeboy 1y agoThis is tangential to your tangent, but in The Decline of Western Civilization Pt. II there's an interview during which he cheerfully and obliviously fails to competently make himself breakfast. I think that might've marked the start of his charming, bumbling, cuddly reality-TV star era. And that scene was at least partly faked in the edit by director Penelope Spheeris.
- unraveller 1y agoThe AI "voice-over clone" was more like default TTS David_British_1, the emotional video montage and text was what worked on people. Ironically, the daughter's vlog [2] protesting the first fake "I'm dying" confession [1] helped the story gain traction, there was a second fake video of a random female voice claiming to be her [3] verifying the original story [1] which is probably what you saw. The point is endless random autoplay is dupe central. [1] https://www.tiktok.com/@news.time26/video/7525764137696169247 https://www.tiktok.com/@news.time26/video/752576413769616924... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Zrv3bxKxw&t=10s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Zrv3bxKxw&t=10s [3] https://www.tiktok.com/@fdsa32558/video/7525676062676749581 https://www.tiktok.com/@fdsa32558/video/7525676062676749581
- ocodia 1y agoI’m a child of the early 80s and I consider myself fortunate to see the “original” Black Sabbath lineup at Ozzfest in Milton Keynes (2001). I was convinced I was witnessing his last gig not just because of his age but due to him tipping buckets of ice water over himself and the various electrical equipment on stage. What a gig though. What a showman. I’m surprised he lasted this long to be honest. RIP prince of darkness, you mad, mad bastard.
- vondur 1y agoHa, he was tripping over ice buckets at the Metallica shows back in 1986!
- formerphotoj 1y agoI met him in a "Bark at the Moon" contest and shook his hand. Not sure he noticed, lol! Anyway, Bark at the Moon is one of his top songs! Here's howling in sorrow for you Ozzy, RIP.
- jimt1234 1y agoOne of my favorite Ozzy moments had nothing to do with his music, but was equally awesome. He was on the Howard Stern radio show shortly after 9/11: Howard: Ozzy, what are your thoughts around 9/11? Ozzy: It was terrible; one of those things you'll always remember where you were and what you were doing when you first heard the news. Howard: Where were you when you first heard about 9/11? Ozzy: I can't bloody remember. I'm sure it was staged, but it really hit the spot for me after all the tragedy of 9/11. RIP Ozzy.
- vonneumannstan 1y agoDid his last show and immediately keeled over. Legend.
- DaveExeter 1y agoIt's amazing that Ozzy Osbourne outlived Malcolm-Jamal Warner! Never would have predicted that.
- 1970-01-01 1y agoRolling Stone has a great obituary. There are some crazy stories in tech, but rock and metal still have the crown. >“You couldn’t write my story; you couldn’t invent me.” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ozzy-osbourne-black-sabbath-dead-obituary-1227265/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ozzy-osbourne-...
- mihaitodor 1y agoRIP :( This is how I'd like to remember him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0hfg1htnM4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0hfg1htnM4 (video of Ozzy during an interview being clueless about Justin Bieber)
- vondur 1y agoSaw him live back in 1986 at the Long Beach Arena with Metallica opening. And I think I saw Sabbath at on OzzFest with Slayer. He was a great frontman and certainly lived a full life. We should all be so fortunate.
- hnpolicestate 1y agoBlack Sabbath and 1st two Ozzy solo albums aged well imo. Timeless.
- RigelKentaurus 1y agoTo me, his solo stuff from the 80s and mid 90s sounds so much more musical and awesome than his work with Black Sabbath. The Ultimate Sin (1986) and No Rest for the Wicked (1988) are just incredible. I must have listened to at least one of his songs every day between 1985-1991. Goodbye, Ozzy. Your music was a big part of my high school and college life.
- atsy 1y agoMama, I’m Coming Home
- ThomasBerbas 1y agoOzzy’s music and fearless spirit changed the world and inspired generations. His unforgettable voice and boundless creativity brought comfort, energy, and joy to millions. Thank you, Ozzy, for sharing your talent and your heart with us all. My deepest condolences to Sharon, his family, and all who loved him. The Prince of Darkness will never be forgotten - his legacy will live on forever. Rest in peace, legend. Sincerely, Thomas Berbas