https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/ozzy-osbourne-best-songs-black-sabbath-solo-961715/
I was at a surfing contest (trestles) sitting on the beach sometime around 2005 maybe. Somebody passed out free hats, and I took one and put it on my head. Meanwhile, the announcer was saying something about somebody "is here" ... i didn't hear the full announcement. He must have said "Ozzy Osbourne is here" . It was still early and there weren't actually many people there yet. THe next thing I knew somebody behind me took the hat off my head. I turned and saw a guy with long hair like a hippy looking down at me smiling. I was actually a little perturbed wondering why this hippy was messing with me. He must have thought I knew it was Ozzy and that I would be amused. But I didn't know it was Ozzy Osbourne at the time, although I figured it out later. I just reached out and took my hat back. If I had known it was him it would have been fun to talk to him. He seems like a pretty good guy actually even though he tried to portray the persona of a dark heavy metal rocker for a while. He kept it pretty lighthearted. Rest-in-Peace.
