Even Alamo Is Paying Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
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Before his Feb. 1982 concert at the Coliseum, Pam Smelter, coliseum manager told the Times, “He’s already been told not to pull anything” in El Paso.
The Alamo is honoring Ozzy Osbourne's journey from regret to reconciliation, acknowledging his complex history with San Antonio.
An intoxicated Prince of Darkness was banned from San Antonio for a decade after famously relieving himself at the Alamo Cenotaph monument in 1982.
Ozzy Osbourne Honored by the Alamo, the Site of the Outrageous 1982 Stunt That Led to His Arrest originally appeared on Parade. Ozzy Osbourne, the rock legend who died July 22 at the age of 76, had many career highs as the vocalist of Black Sabbath and as a solo artist. He also had some notable lows.
Ozzy Osbourne was a pioneering musician but the Black Sabbath frontman was perhaps best known in the mainstream for his antics -- including offending all of Texas when he drunkenly urinated on the US state's monument to its fallen Alamo heroes.
Ozzy's 1982 indiscretion at the Alamo 'profoundly' upset many, but he eventually 'redeemed' himself, Alamo officials said in a social media post.
Ant snorting, dove biting, and bat chomping, too — here's how the Prince of Darkness left an indelible mark on the world
The Alamo reminisces its complex relationship with legendary musician Ozzy Osbourne after the heavy metal icon died on Tuesday, July 22. Osbourne, the lead singer of the band Black Sabbath, was once involved with a "deeply disrespectful" incident at the Alamo.
When 'The Osbournes' premiered in 2002, we saw a different kind of TV family with a patriarch who wasn't afraid to curse, shout and strip away his rock star persona for millions of viewers.