Suicide Solution: The Ozzy Osbourne Trial
Tragedy struck a California family in 1984 when nineteen-year old John McCollum committed suicide. Side one of Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz sat on John’s turntable. His lifeless body was still wearing headphones. It is a reasonable assumption that “Suicide Solution” was the final song heard by the troubled teenager. Although John was a high school dropout with a history of substance abuse, the McCollum family believed external influences were the root of John’s internal demons. According to Mr. McCollum, music inspired his son to kill himself. Specifically, Ozzy Osbourne…
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