Seeing as how he had Parkinsons and this happened a few weeks after the farewell show, my money’s on suicide not natural causes. He wanted to go out on his own terms.
I feel like if Ozzy was going to kill himself at the end of his farewell tour, he’d do it on stage at the end of the last show. How could he pass up the opportunity to do the most metal shit imaginable?
Fyi, the bat thing was while he was high as a kite. He thought it was a plastic bat, someone had thrown on stage. He discovered he was wrong the hard way!
Why sully? If I were losing control of my body I’d do the same. There’s no shame in that. Like… a common way to die with parkinson’s is aspiration pneumonia. That doesn’t sound at all like fun.
I heard he had mentioned going to Switzerland to use their euthanasia pods at one point. Pretty humane way to go instead of letting your body slowly deteriorate for a few years imo
Officially no. It’s actually something Ozzy was involved in the campaign for. There’s a religious crowd who freak out at the very idea. No government has yet had the will to push updates past them.
There are however doctors who will happily make a pain med prescription that is “incompatible with life”. If the patient happens to die, while dealing with the pain, well at least they weren’t in pain.
I believe the police also have a similar mindset. They won’t look too deeply, if they suspect it happened that way, with the patient’s consent. They do have the shadow of Harold Shipman hanging over them however. They missed a serial killer for years, since he was targeting OAPs.
It’s definitely needed. I watched a relative pass. Her brain was gone from stroke damage. It took almost a fortnight for her to pass however. It was horrible.
Doubt it. But maybe he just took a bunch of sleeping pills or something. Dunno how any of this works or if the police would be forced to investigate or whatever. Maybe it’s just one of those stories where you know you’re dying but you’re hanging on to finish something and once that’s done you let go and die finally. Could be that as well… or it’s all just a coincidence, why not. But my version seems more Ozzy.
you know you’re dying but you’re hanging on to finish something and once that’s done you let go and die finally
My wife worked in an assisted living facility for a while and this very much is a thing. Who knows what the mechanism is, but dying folks might hold on for as much as multiple days while at the brink of death until a specific relative can get there. I could absolutely see if he just let go after getting his affairs in order following the tour
Seeing as how he had Parkinsons and this happened a few weeks after the farewell show, my money’s on suicide not natural causes. He wanted to go out on his own terms.
I feel like if Ozzy was going to kill himself at the end of his farewell tour, he’d do it on stage at the end of the last show. How could he pass up the opportunity to do the most metal shit imaginable?
Would he have someone bite off his head?
Fyi, the bat thing was while he was high as a kite. He thought it was a plastic bat, someone had thrown on stage. He discovered he was wrong the hard way!
A giant bat would be perfect, but they’re hard to find and even harder to train. Maybe a guy dressed as a bat chops his head off with a big axe.
Get the guys who worked on the Stonehenge set for Spinal Tap
I imagine that would’ve been horrible for most people involved. But at the same time… yeah, metal as fuck.
If you make a spectacle of it, I figure most people would assume special effects
That would make it even better.
Ozzy isn’t the first person to die shortly after they completed a final task. No need to sully his legacy with unprovable speculation.
Why sully? If I were losing control of my body I’d do the same. There’s no shame in that. Like… a common way to die with parkinson’s is aspiration pneumonia. That doesn’t sound at all like fun.
I heard he had mentioned going to Switzerland to use their euthanasia pods at one point. Pretty humane way to go instead of letting your body slowly deteriorate for a few years imo
Do they have MAID in England?
Officially no. It’s actually something Ozzy was involved in the campaign for. There’s a religious crowd who freak out at the very idea. No government has yet had the will to push updates past them.
There are however doctors who will happily make a pain med prescription that is “incompatible with life”. If the patient happens to die, while dealing with the pain, well at least they weren’t in pain.
I believe the police also have a similar mindset. They won’t look too deeply, if they suspect it happened that way, with the patient’s consent. They do have the shadow of Harold Shipman hanging over them however. They missed a serial killer for years, since he was targeting OAPs.
We have MAID in Canada. It’s so nice to let someone with a terrible illness go with dignity.
It’s definitely needed. I watched a relative pass. Her brain was gone from stroke damage. It took almost a fortnight for her to pass however. It was horrible.
Overidentified Aerial Phenomena?
Old Age Pensioners.
The age group most likely to drop dead, and so have the least scrutiny.
Old ass people
Doubt it. But maybe he just took a bunch of sleeping pills or something. Dunno how any of this works or if the police would be forced to investigate or whatever. Maybe it’s just one of those stories where you know you’re dying but you’re hanging on to finish something and once that’s done you let go and die finally. Could be that as well… or it’s all just a coincidence, why not. But my version seems more Ozzy.
My wife worked in an assisted living facility for a while and this very much is a thing. Who knows what the mechanism is, but dying folks might hold on for as much as multiple days while at the brink of death until a specific relative can get there. I could absolutely see if he just let go after getting his affairs in order following the tour
Yeah, heard similar stories from family members. Has to be something to it.
Maybe he travelled to a country that does it. I don’t know.