Rant #3,745: Crazy Train

Ozzy Osbourne has jumped onto the ultimate "Crazy Train," and he gave us a lot in his 76 years of life.

Parkinson's Disease took him, not biting off the head of bats.

I have to tell you, I was absolutely not a fan; I never really got into his music, didn't really like Black Sabbath, nor his solo and later material.

I have absolutely no records in my collection from him or his band.

I never watched his reality TV show, but I do give his wife, Sharon, a lot of credit for resurrecting this guy and making him something of a cultural phenomenon.

But he--and Black Sanbath--were among the true fathers of metal music--heavy and otherwise--and I know that some prople will mourn today as they mourn the passing of a close relative.

I also mourn the passing of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, one of the stars of the groundbreaking "The Cosby Show," who drowned while on vacation earlier this week.

He was an extremely talented actor, director, musician and poet, and it all started with that half-hour sitcom.

Forget what Bill Cosby did or did not do--Warner had nothing to do with any of that, and making him "guilty by association" is just so wrong.

If you want to see a real representative of a different time and place, watch "The Cosby Show," if you can find it.

I loved the show, never missed it, but that was 40 years ago, and the world has just changed so much since that time.

Two sad passings, but their legacies are fairly readily available.

I guess Osbourne is not the only one on that "Crazy Train."

It is just crazy that Warner is gone at such a young age, but he has a seat on that out-of-control train, too.

As does Connie Francis, come to think of it.

Sorry for the brevity of this post, but honestly, there really isn't much more to say, other than--

R I.P.