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RIP Ozzy
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Ozzy's famous all over the World though, Chamberlain and Cadbury are British although we did get Cadbury's chocolate in Nigeria in the 70s, Tolkein may be worldwide but only for people into Hobbits etc.
I'm 100% going for Ozzy from that list.
Just looked them up and they're are not even in Ozzy's league. Literally not one of those guys had a reality TV show.
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How could you miss Nigel Mansell!
Cos it was just a random list of famous folk from Birmingham that Google sourced from various sources.
A small selection from google.
Ozzy Osbourne
Birth year: 1948
Cat Deeley
Birth year: 1976
Jeff Lynne
Birth year: 1947
Kenny Baker
Birth year: 1934
Neville Chamberlain
Birth year: 1869
Alison Hammond
Birth year: 1975
Felicity Jones
Birth year: 1983
Helen George
Birth year: 1984
Julie Walters
Birth year: 1950
Barbara Cartland
Birth year: 1901
Carl Breeden
Christine Lahti
Birth year: 1950
Daniel Sturridge
Birth year: 1989
Francis William Aston
Birth year: 1877
George Cadbury
Birth year: 1839
Granville Bantock
Birth year: 1868
Joe Lycett
Birth year: 1988
John Baskerville
Birth year: 1707
John Oliver
Birth year: 1977
JRR Tolkien
Birth year: 1892
Michael Hyatt
Rob Halford
Birth year: 1951
Simon Bates
Jon Gittens
I'd argue Tolkien, Chamberlain and Cadbury were more 'famous' but Ozzy's definitely up there.
Christine Lahti was born in Birmingham, Michigan, not the one in England
Watch as Coldstream Guards band pay touching tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
The Band of the Coldstream Guards stood outside Buckingham Palace in London with their instruments to perform a rendition of Black Sabbath's 1970s classic Paranoid.
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J.R.R Tolkien walking into a room shouting "Edith!" Would have been fun
It was great to see such a turn out even though I didn’t get to go. My Dad was asking about him after seeing the news as he didn’t realise he was so popular. I’m off to BOA next week and it’s crazy to think in some way every band owe something to Ozzy and Black Sabbath.
Out the list, Tolkien was the name I thought of as maybe more famous.
To be that guy, probably because Google just looks at place of birth, in which case our Nige wasn’t born in Birmingham, he was born in Worcsester, but moved to Birmingham when very young.
Out the list, Tolkien was the name I thought of as maybe more famous.
To be that guy, probably because Google just looks at place of birth, in which case our Nige wasn’t born in Birmingham, he was born in Worcsester, but moved to Birmingham when very young.
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The list should probably be refined to Aston.
Several notable figures were born in Aston, a suburb of Birmingham, England. Perhaps the most famous is Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of Black Sabbath, who was born there on December 3, 1948. Another prominent musician from Aston is Trevor Burton, a founding member of The Move, according to BirminghamWorld.
Beyond musicians, Aston is also the birthplace of actress Valerie Minifie, known for her roles in "Men Behaving Badly" and "One Foot in the Grave". The area also boasts other notable individuals, such as actor Harry Herbert, actor George Raymonde, and actor Hamish Roughead, according to IMDb.
plus the three remaining members of Black Sabbath without whom the story would not be told
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Most famous from Aston is probably Martin for his cars
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I'm really not fibbing but somebody on my Timeline is making and selling these.
What astounds me is the amount of people, virtually all women, who think they are great
I think Ozzy would love these.
What astounds me is the amount of people, virtually all women, who think they are great
I think Ozzy would love these.
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I'm really not fibbing but somebody on my Timeline is making and selling these.
What astounds me is the amount of people, virtually all women, who think they are great
I think Ozzy would love these.
About the mid seventies, a mate of mine thought up a good wheeze. Advertising in NME he was making "black sabbath crosses" out of a couple of pieces of wood forming an inverted cross which he painted black and hung on a bootlace.
Needless to say they were crap and he got tons of complaints, NME took down his advert and he had to give it up.
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On a funny site on Facebook I'm getting some great replies:
"No thanks I'm not into Janis Joplin"
"I'll pay you £51 to stop"
"Can we organise a GoFundMe page to make him stop?"
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Also look for Ozzy And Jacks World Detour, I think there were 3 series.
I think 102 proved Ozzy didn't pee on the Alamo which was a famous story at the time.