One factor Ozzy Osbourne cherished greater than music was his followers.
The Black Sabbath frontman, who died on Tuesday at 76, launched a documentary 5 years earlier than his loss of life titled “Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne.”
Directed by “The Osbournes” government producer Greg Johnston, “Nine Lives” targeted on the “Crazy Train” singer’s legendary life and music profession.
The doc was filmed after Osbourne was recognized with Parkinson’s illness in 2003 (though he wouldn’t reveal his startling prognosis to the world till January 2020).
Cameron Glendenning, who additionally labored on “The Osbournes” and served because the cinematographer of “Nine Lives,” has opened up about filming the doc within the wake of Osbourne’s passing.
“I don’t even remember where we were, but one of the first times I ever shot him live, Ozzy felt frail, and he felt frail even back then, and he would walk around gingerly,” Glendenning completely informed The Submit.
However regardless of the “Shot in the Dark” rocker’s battle with the debilitating illness, Osbourne miraculously “came alive” as soon as on the stage in entrance of his 1000’s of followers.
“The moment he walked out on stage, it was just like he was shot with a bolt of lightning and he came alive,” Glendenning recalled. “I didn’t even think it was physically possible for a person that existed day to day the way he did to have that much energy and to turn on that much and to be that much of a showman.”
“When I say showman, I mean it in the most authentic way possible, like the thing that I will take away is that energy,” he continued. “What I eventually learned is that the energy that he got to be there in that moment, he was getting that from his fans, who he so genuinely loved that it brought him alive.”
“That’s something I’ll never forget,” Glendenning added.
As for the doc itself, Glendenning steered that Osbourne was relieved to have it accomplished.
“The shooting dates had been spread out for a number of different complications,” the Hollywood cinematographer mentioned, “and I think he was really just happy to get it over with.”
Nonetheless, the documentary will endlessly stay a remnant of Osbourne’s life and legacy for his hundreds of thousands of followers after his loss of life.
The “Miracle Man” singer’s household introduced his passing in a heartfelt assertion.
“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,” his household mentioned to The Submit on Tuesday.
“He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time,” they added.
Tributes have continued to pour in for the “Mama, I’m Coming Home” crooner, and a sequence of remarks Osbourne made years earlier than his loss of life have resurfaced within the wake of his passing.
“If I can’t continue doing shows on a regular basis, I just want to be well enough to do one show where I can say, ‘Hi guys, thanks so much for my life,’” he informed Rolling Stone in 2023.
“That’s what I’m working towards, and if I drop down dead at the end of it, I’ll die a happy man.”
Osbourne acquired his want. His passing got here lower than three weeks after his last present with Black Sabbath within the band’s hometown of Birmingham, England.
Osbourne is survived by his spouse, Sharon; their three youngsters, Aimee, Kelly, and Jack; and his three youngsters, Jessica, Louis, and Elliot, from his first marriage to Thelma Riley. The late Prince of Darkness additionally had 10 grandchildren.
