Ozzy's outrageous odyssey: I SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE!
Woman’s Day Magazine NZ|April 6, 2020
Music’s original hell-raiser thanks his lucky stars he’s still rocking
CRAIG MCLEAN
Ozzy's outrageous odyssey: I SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE!

A familiar high, pantoish voice crackles through the intercom. “Oh my God, are you just off the f***ing flight?” The intercom is on the iron gate above a sign saying: “Never mind the dog. Beware of the owner.” It squawks again. “You must be f**ing knackered!” I’m not even over the threshold of this multi-million-dollar Los Angeles mansion and already I’ve been Osbourned.

With an electronic buzz and a cackle, lady of the house Sharon Osbourne, in all her pint-sized, potty-mouthed glory, beckons me inside. I pass through perfect gardens, past a gnome flipping the middle finger and into a cavernous reception hall dripping with art, photos and statues.

Scampering down the stairs comes a Pomeranian, what looks like a miniature husky, and another that looks more like a dandelion seed.

The library is the lair of Ozzy Osbourne, the mansion’s most “Ozzified” room, with history books, crucifixes, a bat-shaped chandelier and a portrait of his Pomeranian dressed as Henry VIII.

On his desk, awaiting his signature, are a pile of “Certificates of Ozzthenticity” to accompany a limited-edition box set of the albums Ozzy has released in a hugely successful solo career stretching back 40 years, since being ousted from Black Sabbath for conduct unbecoming of a rock star. That is, the singer was drinking too much and taking too many drugs – even for a satanically inclined ‘70s heavy metal band.

Ozzy has sold more than 100 million albums. Still, these are troubled times for the hitherto indomitable Prince of Darkness, the septuagenarian grandfather-of-eight. Over the last two years, the 71-year-old has endured a brutal sequence of medical challenges, including pneumonia (twice), near-fatal staph infections and a horrific fall that required spinal surgery.

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