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Discussing the controversy while appearing as a guest on Rock Classics Radio on Apple Music Hits on Thursday, Ozzy opened up about the origins of the song and the ensuing court case. Recalling the case brought by McCollum's family and the media frenzy, Ozzy was in England when he received an urgent phone call from wife and manager Sharon Osbourne in LA. Osbourne, the Wallers took Osbourne to court in 1990, filing suit alongside the surviving family members of yet another teen – 17-year-old Harold Mathew Hamilton – who killed himself on March Ozzy Osbourne recalled being swamped by media before he was told about the lawsuit over his song Suicide Solution in September 2020. Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 3, California. Jack McCOLLUM, Geraldine Lugenbuehl, Estate of John Daniel McCollum, by the Administrator, Jack McCollum, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CBS, INC., sued herein as CBS Records, and John “Ozzy” Osbourne, sued herein as Ozzy Osbourne, Defendants and Respondents. No. B025565. Decided: July 12, 1988 Anderson, Parkinson, Weinberg & Miller CBS, Inc., the plaintiffs, including the estate of John Daniel McCollum, alleged that music by Ozzy Osbourne, recorded and distributed by CBS, Inc., incited their decedent, John McCollum, to commit suicide. John, who was 19 years old and had a history of emotional and alcohol-related problems, shot himself while listening to Osbourne's music. Ozzy Osbourne has died at 76. As tributes pour in, many also recall the tragic case of a teenager’s suicide once linked to his song ‘Suicide Solution’. The case sparked a heated court battle in the 1980s and raised tough questions about music, mental health, and freedom of speech. Osbourne, a popular star of heavy metal music, responded that “Suicide Solution” had no hidden lyrics and was actually an anti-suicide composition written about a fellow musician who drank PETA posted a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne that praised his tireless advocacy for cats and showed how far he came from his bat-biting days. Ozzy Osbourne has died at 76. As tributes pour in, many also recall the tragic case of a teenager’s suicide once linked to his song ‘Suicide Solution’. The case sparked a heated court battle Ozzy Osbourne says his 1980 song 'Suicide Solution' was misunderstood, referring to a lawsuit about a teenager who fatally shot himself. A lawsuit claiming that rock singer Ozzy Osbourne's music drove an Indio teen-ager to suicide was dismissed Friday by a judge who said the suit "reads more like a novel than a legal pleading." There have been lots of great covers of the Black Sabbath classic “War Pigs,” but as we celebrate Ozzy Osbourne following his death this week at the age of 76, we turn to the man himself for guidance as to the very best cover. Enter T-Pain. The pop singer/songwriter made his bones with an auto " Suicide Solution " is a song by the English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, from his 1980 debut album Blizzard of Ozz. Ozzy Osbourne Looks Back on Song He Was Sued Over for Allegedly Causing Suicide of Teenager "People got the fucking thing wrong," the Black Sabbath singer said. Fans pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of the pioneering rock band Black Sabbath on both sides of the Atlantic. Osbourne died on July 22 at age 76. Waller v. Osbourne, 763 F. Supp. 1144 (M.D. Ga. 1991) case opinion from the US District Court for the Middle District of Georgia The case was eventually dismissed by the state of California in 1988, with the court declaring that McCollum's suicide was not a foreseeable result of listening to Osbourne's song. The defendants John "Ozzy" Osbourne (Osbourne), CBS Records and CBS, Incorporated (hereinafter collectively CBS), Jet Records, Bob Daisley, Randy Rhoads, Essex Music International, Ltd., and Essex Music International Incorporated, fn. 1 composed, performed, [202 Cal. App. 3d 994] produced and distributed certain recorded music which plaintiffs On Aug. 7, 1986, a judge ruled on a lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne and his record labels tying the song 'Suicide Solution' to the death of a teen.
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