anyone who gets a broken neck always risks the chance of being physically disabled- Ozzy was lucky not to sever the nerves in his spine yet get a broken vertabrae.
Ozzy in the 70's with Sabbath and early 80's with Diary of a Madman and Blizzard of Oz had two great albums.
However after the death of Rhandy Rhodes (In my opinion one of the best young guitarists of his generation- I saw the Madman tour 81-82 at glasgow Apollo- one of my best concerts ever)
Afterwards the drugs and booze condemned this once great singer to mediocricy.
The odds on the man going out and singing live again are pretty poor, he is in his late 50's with very poor health.
I remember years ago I was in a army lorry crash (my mate was driving, I was stuck in the middle and my best mate was on the pax side. The truck- a ten tonner went off the road at around 40 miles per hour, hit some trees and overturned. My best mate died as the truck door burst opened and he fell out underneath only to be crushed.
I got a broken arm , smashed ribs and heavily bruised body.
My other mate the driver suffered massive internal and external injuries and broke his neck.
Today, he can only speak in a whisper although his nerves connected to his spine were not severed, otherwise he would be in a wheelchair like Chris Reeves actor.
The british army was always pish poor on training soldiers to drive Heavy Goods vehicles (especially as we never got arctic or desert courses.
Three weeks after enlisting, they stuck me on a coach carrying over 30 pax and told me to drive without any L plates and an experianced driver to supervise.
but that is the British army for you.
You learn to drive heavy vehicles (otherwise you get the shit thrown at you by your superiors)
but Ozzy
here is what Simon cowell said about him
Last Updated: Friday, 12 December, 2003, 16:02 GMT

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Accident 'nearly killed' Osbourne


Sharon Osbourne flew from Los Angeles to be with her husband
Rock star Ozzy Osbourne stopped breathing and his heart stopped beating after his quad bike accident on Monday, his wife Sharon has told a newspaper.
"He had stopped breathing for a minute and a half and there was no pulse," she told the Daily Mirror.

"But thank God, the security guard was there to revive him," she said.

Doctors at the Berkshire hospital where Osbourne is being treated say he is being weaned off a ventilator and is "progressing well, but slowly".

"With each day he becomes less dependent on the ventilator," the hospital's medical director, Dr Dick Jack, said.

But "it is still too early to take him off entirely," he said.


I apologise unreservedly and wish Ozzy a speedy recovery

Simon Cowell
Pop Idol judge
Meanwhile, Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell has apologised for joking on BBC Radio Five Live that Osbourne's accident may have been a stunt to boost record sales.

"Some people may even say he fell off on purpose," Cowell told DJ Simon Mayo on Tuesday. "It is going to help his record sales."

His comments provoked a furious response from Sharon Osbourne.

"If I could tar and feather him and handcuff him to lamppost in Piccadilly, I would do it this instant," she told the Mirror.

Cowell later recanted his remarks. "I had no idea that Ozzy was seriously ill. I apologise unreservedly and wish Ozzy a speedy recovery," he told the tabloid's reporter.

Emergency surgery

The singer and TV star fractured eight ribs and a vertebra in his neck in the accident.

Sharon Osbourne told the newspaper her husband "stopped breathing and the guard spotted it immediately".

"He resuscitated him and got him breathing and his pulse going again. We are so, so grateful to him," she said.

Ozzy Osbourne had emergency surgery after the crash to restore the flow to a damaged blood vessel.

His wife said the crash happened as he drove over uneven ground, and the bike landed on top of him.

Thumbs-up

"The doctors are hoping there hasn't been any lasting damage, but until Ozzy can actually come round and get off the ventilator and then they will know," she said.

On Thursday, the couple's daughter, Kelly, said her father was awake and feeling better because he had moaned about the nurses.

"He gave me the thumbs-up and stuck his tongue out at me," she said.

Osbourne, singer with heavy metal band Black Sabbath, has enjoyed renewed success in recent years because of the MTV reality show based around his family life in Los Angeles.



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