Ozzy Osbourne is on a ventilator after suffering broken ribs and a slightly broken neck doctors said. Osbourne could be off the ventilator tomorrow or maybe not, depending on his condition.
An MTV source said a ventilated Ozzy would not necessarily impede production of "The Osbournes." "Fans have grown fond of a
mumbling, incapacitated man and MTV sees no reason why an accident of this nature should get in the way of that. A slightly broken neck,
ventilation -- it's all good," said the source on condition
of anonymity. "He could even stroke out as sometimes happens in
patients with pulmonary problems linked to bleeding into the lung.
MTV viewers aren't going to quibble about the difference between the
Ozzy of last season and an Ozzy suffering from hemispherical or
global paresis."
The source added extra segments devoted to Ozzy's physical therapy
might be worth millions of dollars to the network and the rockstar.
― George Smith, Wednesday, 10 December 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)
If that's really an authentic MTV flack quote, it's disgusting.
― Sean (Sean), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)
It's OK. His neck is only slightly broken. If it had been any more broken though, we might have needed two ventilators.
― Christian Rawk (Christian Rawk), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 22:51 (twenty-two years ago)
eleven months pass...
Osbournes hit by gem raiders
Monday, November 22, 2004 Posted: 3:05 PM EST (2005 GMT)
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Burglars broke into the English country home of rocker and reality TV star Ozzy Osbourne Monday and stole a large amount of jewelry, police said.
They used a ladder to climb through a first floor window at the Osbournes' mansion at Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire, just north of London, police said.
"The disturbance woke the residents and a man grabbed one of the burglars," a police spokeswoman said, without saying if the man in question was Ozzy. "The offender eventually managed to struggle free and then jumped out of the window and made off."
Ozzy and his wife Sharon, two of Britain's best loved reality TV stars, are living at the mansion. Their children were not in the house at the time.
Osbourne, 55, first shot to fame in the 1970s as frontman of ground-breaking heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
He has since mellowed from wild man of heavy rock to comical much-loved star of MTV's popular reality show "The Osbournes," which offers a peek into his life at home with his family.
Frequently in the news in Britain, he injured himself badly in a quad bike crash a year ago. He fractured eight ribs and a vertebra in the accident and spent several days on a ventilator.
― Does John Coltrane Dream of a Merry-go-round? (ex machina), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 00:02 (twenty-one years ago)