Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness, dead at 76

The New York Post ^ | 7/22/25 | Connor Surmonte

[shelterguy]

“””Longevity depends a lot on a person’s genes.”””

Yup. My in laws were the cleanest living people you could ever find. Both dead of cancer by the age of 50.

[Hyman Roth]

My ex wife’s aunt started smoking at 9. She smoked one after another till she died at 85. She was on oxygen the last 3 years of her life and was still smoking.

[TheThirdRuffian]

I wanted an Osbourne computer so bad back in the 80s.

[dfwgator]

Now that’s obscure.

[SENTINEL]

My cousin was born with a heart defect. After many failed operations he was told he had weeks to live. He was 17. The Make a Wish foundation asked him what he wanted and he told them he wanted to live long enough to see Ozzy's No More Tears show a couple months out.

Ozzy and Zach Wylde, his guitarist, visited his hospital room for hours and played an impromtu acoustic version of the whole show for him.

My little old mormon grandmother said she had never seen such love from such scary-looking people.

He died a few weeks later and was buried in his Ozzy shirt.

[rhinohunter]

Richard Simmons was all about exercise and eating right. He died at 76.

Richard was also played catcher — which is NOT healthy.

[Flaming Conservative]

My brother informed me that when Ozzy’s wife got cancer, he said about it, “I pray for my wife every day. And NOT to Satan!”.

[Made In The USA]

Just days after the Birmingham concert…

[Blood of Tyrants]

I would very much dislike being known as the prince of darkness whom Ozzy probably knew very well.

[MeanWestTexan]

I’ve seen more serious interviews with Ozzy.

His real self was not all like he played on stage or even on the silly TV show.

[wjcsux]

“ I thought the “Prince of Darkness” was Lucas Electronics.”

LOL! I see you have had a lot of experience with British cars too.
Why do the British drink their beer warm? Lucas refrigeration.

[GingisK]

Me too. Later on I coveted a Lisa.

[BBB333]

One of the nicest stories I have ever read, thank you.

Was your cousin being treated at The Huntsman?

[Seruzawa]

Zing!

[Svartalfiar]

I’ve seen memes before that all those rappers are just doing the wrong drugs...