Ozzy Osbourne loved cars, but took a wallet at 61 after 19 failures

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer who died at age 76 on Tuesday (22), was a collector of exotic car-but a bad driver. It was disapproved 19 times and was only able to take off the driver’s license at age 61 in 2009. He himself told this curiosity in an interview granted in 2010 to presenter Howard Stern.

The “Prince of Darkness” admitted that, even qualified, could not park. “I don’t know any of the traffic signs either,” Ozzy confessed, who revealed that he has sometimes arrived into the practical tests. On one of these occasions, according to him, one of the instructors even left a note on the windshield of the vehicle with the words: “Lord Osbourne, you have not passed the test. I suggest you do not try again.”

In one of the tests, Ozzy punctured a red light and, on two other opportunities, the instructors didn’t even want to get into the car with him, according to former Black Sabbath singer.

In the same interview, the singer also admitted that for years he directed illegally – both in England, his home country and in the United States, where he lived for decades with his family. Still, even after obtaining the wallet, I drove over short distances. “[Isso porque] My assistant starts to scream, saying that I will hit a tree, “he joked.

Ozzy left widow Sharon Osbourne, with whom he was married for 43 years, and six children. Aimee, Kelly and Jack of this last wedding. The other three are from marriage to Thelma Riley, from 1971 to 1982. Louis and Jessica Osbourne are biological children of the couple, and Eliott Kingsley, the result of a previous Riley relationship, was adopted by the singer.