Ozzy Osbourne Crashed A Ferrari After Getting His Driver's License On His 19th Attempt

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The Prince of Darkness has shuffled disconnected this mortal coil. Ozzy Osbourne died connected Tuesday greeting astatine nan property of 76. The legendary Black Sabbath frontman played nan band's farewell use performance conscionable earlier this period successful his hometown of Birmingham, England. Osbourne had a lifelong emotion for cars contempt his tumultuous narration pinch driving. He notoriously gave up driving aft crashing a marque caller Ferrari 458 Italia successful 2010.

The original members of Black Sabbath reunited for nan last clip connected July 5, erstwhile Ozzy performed connected a throne for 45,000 fans, raising astir $190 cardinal for a section children's hospital, children's palliative attraction and Parkinson's illness research. Osbourne himself was diagnosed pinch Parkinson's illness successful 2019 and mislaid nan expertise to locomotion successful nan years afterward. In an question and reply pinch The Guardian earlier this year, Ozzy admitted that he was genuinely done pinch touring aft spending complete half a period entertaining fans. He wanted to discontinue and walk clip pinch his grandkids. After his death, nan Osbourne family released a connection reading:

"It is pinch much sadness than specified words tin convey that we person to study that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed distant this morning. He was pinch his family and surrounded by love. We inquire everyone to respect our family privateness astatine this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis."

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Believe it aliases not, Ozzy didn't walk his driving trial until 2009 erstwhile he was 60 years old. It took him 19 attempts to yet person his driver's license. He jokingly admitted that he wasn't sober for a fewer of his earlier roadworthy tests connected the Howard Stern Show successful 2010. Ozzy added that he had "a mates of drinks and a fewer lines" because he was nervous. His passed trial came pinch nan caveat that he passed successful Los Angeles, not his autochthonal England. Osbourne called his American roadworthy trial "a f*cking joke!"

Osbourne didn't usage his licence for long. In 2010, he rear-ended different car connected a freeway while driving a Ferrari 458 Italia pinch little than 20 miles connected nan odometer. His son, Jack, described nan incident arsenic "a small bumper kiss" to the Daily Mirror and explained that it turned his begetter disconnected driving owed to nan imaginable for mishap lawsuits. He didn't person his ain information successful mind contempt astir dying successful an ATV clang successful 2003. Biting nan caput disconnected a bat for a roaring crowd is tame compared to nan ineligible fallout from a fender-bender successful LA postulation arsenic a celebrity. I'd opt for a chauffeur too.

Away from music, nan infinitesimal of Ozzy's life that sticks successful my mind to this time was erstwhile he appeared during nan pre-race festivities of a Formula 1 weekend. Like immoderate personage car enthusiast, he was interviewed connected grid by driver-turned-broadcaster Martin Brundle earlier nan 2003 Canadian Grand Prix. Brundle attempted to proceed a stumbling question and reply pinch Ozzy by asking astir his family's famously adorable dogs. Osbourne replied, "They're each astatine location sh*tting!" Brundle quickly walked away. Ozzy, wherever you are, I dream you don't request a licence to get down nan wheel.