Regardless of Ozzy Osbourne’s well being woes, nobody was prepared for the rock god’s life to finish at 76.
The Black Sabbath frontman handed away on Tuesday, July 22, “surrounded by love,” his household revealed in a press release.
No further particulars about his dying have been revealed, however Ozzy had been battling Parkinson’s illness since no less than January 2020, and he appeared feeble in public as his well being declined.
Cameron Glendenning, who labored with the Osbourne household for many years — first on their early 2000s hit actuality present, “The Osbournes,” and once more in 2020 for “Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne” — completely advised The Publish that he couldn’t have been prepared for the Prince of Darkness’ dying.
“I definitely didn’t prep for it,” he stated in a cellphone interview hours after Ozzy’s passing was introduced.
Glendenning began his profession in Hollywood when he joined “The Osbournes” on the finish of its first season in 2002 till the present wrapped in 2005 as a digicam operator and technical supervisor. He then teamed up with the heavy metallic singer because the director of images for Ozzy’s 2020 “Nine Lives” documentary.
“I kind of thought he was going to be like a Keith Richards, man. I just thought nothing was going to kill him. You know, like, [he’s] too tough to die,” Glendenning shared with The Publish.
Whereas the award-winning cinematographer acknowledged that the “No More Tears” rocker “lived a hard life for a long time,” he was nonetheless “surprised” to listen to the information.
“I felt like he really was one of those few people who was just such an absolute legend that you just, I don’t know, maybe he was immortal, you know? I mean, he is,” Glendenning stated.
Like Ozzy, The Rolling Stones’ lead guitarist struggled with drug and alcohol abuse for many years throughout his fame.
Richards is now 81, simply 5 years older than the late Black Sabbath legend.
This isn’t the primary time that somebody has in contrast the 2 rock stars, both.
“I’ve always said that at the end of the world there will be roaches, Ozzy and Keith Richards,” Sharon stated in 2010 after scientists found her husband had a “genetic mutant” with a singular capacity to soak up leisure medicine.
“He’s going to outlive us all. That fascinated me — how his body can endure so much,” she shared on the time.
To Glendenning, Ozzy was greater than a colleague and heavy metallic celebrity. He made everybody really feel seen and heard, regardless of their standing.
“He was such a working class kid and he was so down to earth and he remained that way forever, even like attaining the status that he grew to have, he was always that same person,” he advised The Publish.
“He never made you feel anything less than like an equal. And you know, I was 25 years old, I think, when I first started working with him. I was a kid, man, and I was looking at a guy that had been a legend for 40 years already at that point,” Glendenning continued.
“He wanted to have fun. It could have been me or it could have been the president of Sony Records. It didn’t matter,” he recalled. “That’s what was so cool about Ozzy. He was just totally down to earth.”
Glendenning admitted that the final time he spoke to Ozzy was in January 2020 on the ultimate day of filming “The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne” — however he doesn’t take any time with the Osbournes as a right.
“It’s very special. I’ll cherish it forever. I will cherish every experience I have with him and that whole family. They’re all wonderful people and I’m just grateful to know them,” he stated.
The Hollywood cinematographer additionally recalled the enjoyable moments he had with Ozzy when the cameras weren’t rolling.
He shared one gag, specifically, that the Godfather of Heavy Steel liked to play on pesky followers who insisted on exhibiting up on the household’s Beverly Hills, Calif., residence in any respect hours of the night time throughout their time on actuality TV.
“Ozzy had this like water sprinkler system. I wouldn’t call it a water cannon, but it was like a water jet, and he had it plumbed right next to the buzzer for the front gate,” Glendenning defined. “We had like a trigger for it, and we could see when these people would come up, too.”
“They would come up at, you know, midnight, one o’clock in the morning, and they would just ring the bell like, ‘Hey, can we come in and say hello?’” he added, noting that Ozzy would usually hang around with the crew within the storage when he was bored at night time.
“He’d come in there and he would be like, ‘Oh yeah, let’s get him! Let’s go get him!’” Glendenning recalled of his enjoyable occasions with the singer.
Glendenning additionally advised The Publish that he’s been in touch along with his former colleagues about Ozzy’s dying.
“We’re all definitely mourning him,” he stated of “The Osbournes” and “Nine Lives” crew members.
“I’m definitely mourning, but I definitely have a huge feeling of gratitude just for being a part of that crazy time and place, and just being around a person like Ozzy was just so incredibly rewarding to me, especially [in] my earlier life. I can’t even describe how f–king surreal it all was,” he said.
Ozzy leaves behind his spouse of 43 years, Sharon, and their three youngsters: daughters Aimee, 41, and Kelly, 40, and son Jack, 39.
The rocker was additionally a father to daughter Jessica, 45, and son Louis, 50, whom he welcomed along with his first spouse, Thelma Riley, and one other son Elliot, 59, from Riley’s earlier relationship that he later adopted.
Ozzy married Riley in 1971. After 11 years of marriage, they divorced in 1982, the identical yr he married Sharon.
Throughout their 40-plus-year union, Ozzy and Sharon had their justifiable share of ups and downs — which included the rocker being arrested for making an attempt to kill her whereas underneath the affect in 1989.
“It was probably the most frightened I’ve ever been,” Sharon admitted in regards to the incident.
Regardless of his scary try, she determined to stick with Ozzy and remained by his facet by means of a number of well being points that included his Parkinson’s analysis, three operations, stem cell therapies and Hybrid Assistive Limb therapy within the years main as much as his dying.
The “No More Tears” singer’s remaining days have been crammed with household and doing what he liked.
A wheelchair-bound Ozzy carried out his final present with Black Sabbath at Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham, England, on July 5.
Metallica, Weapons N’ Roses, Slayer, Device, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Mastodon and Rival Sons additionally carried out, with Sharon revealing she disinvited one band.
Ozzy and Sharon’s youngest daughter, Kelly, additionally obtained engaged the identical day because the farewell live performance, and each have been there to look at the emotional proposal when her fiancé, Sid Wilson, popped the query.
The late metallic rocker was a grandfather to 10 kids, together with Kelly and Sid’s son Sidney, 2, and Jack’s 4 youngsters along with his ex-wife: Pearl, 13, Andy, 10, Minnie, 7, and Maple, 3.
