“I am stunned. I can’t believe that my former next-door neighbor and good friend has passed suddenly,” Boone wrote on Facebook following the news of Osbourne’s death in July at the age of 76.
Osbourne and his family spent several years living next to Boone in Beverly Hills, striking up an unlikely friendship. Later, Boone’s jazzy big band cover of the Ozzy classic “Crazy Train” served as the theme song for the hit reality series, The Osbournes. (Yes, Boone recorded a whole album of metal covers, 1997’s In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy.)
“When he and Sharon and the kids lived next-door to me for a couple of years, we weren’t rock stars comparing careers – we were just friends and neighbors getting along just fine,” Boone wrote, adding: “Others may celebrate his incredible rocking style and hard rock music — but I’ll always remember his warm friendliness as my next-door neighbor. God bless you, Ozzy.”
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