Friend 'sobbing in the kitchen' over Ozzy Osborne

Fuck me that was bad. I was abroad and kept getting people coming up saying how sorry they were. I literally didnt care beyond a normal response to someone you had heard of but never met dying.
I had worked in a children's hospital and the death of a child I knew was something to be sad.
The embarrassing outpouring of "grief" for a person who the press (and the people pretending to care so much) literally the day before was spectacularly hypocritical.

Because her singing was that bad?

Why can't she be sad about the death of a complete stranger without posting about it on SM? If you don't post on FB that you are sad then are you actually sad?

Give her a slap

I found myself crying when the Queen died, I'm not particularly a royalist but something about her death hit me. I wasn't sobbing uncontrollably but I was quite surprised that I reacted that way.

Maybe she's drunk.

George Michele passing got to.me .Big Time .I think it's the end of an era kind of thing

Once again, mourning the loss of the 'laugh' emoji.

Music can stir emotions. I wasn't in the least a fan but if they played a clip of him singing that song he did with Kelly I'd probably cry for a minute or two.

It's often about what the celebrity represents for them. Memories, youth, etc.
Even if Ozzy's most famous stuff, and his back sabbath days, are far behind us now, and as you say we're from a time before most of us were born, The Osbournes was massive on TV in the 00s, a time I'm definitely nostalgic for. Lots of people fell in love with Ozzy's quirky personality from that show, so maybe it's that era she misses.

I don’t think it’s over the person, I think it’s the memories of eg childhood things that happened to that music, or maybe she watched the reality show with an old friend or flame. When Whitney Houston died I was brought back to simpler times of dancing about as a kid and while I didn’t cry, I was definitely impacted

I didn’t see anyone sobbing in the streets in the north of England! Very south centric methinks.

https://www.mojo4music.com/time-machine/1980s/mojo-time-machine-ozzy-osbourne-bites-the-head-off-a-dove/

Well........duh.........yeah...........🙄

Old ill ex druggie dies shocker...........

Maybe she was a secret fan? Or had some sentimental association with his music e.g her first love was a fan and that’s why they split up.
Or could be an age thing (I mean hers).
Don’t be too mean and give her some space - be non contact able for a few days. It’s the best approach.

I sobbed in the kitchen when my mum told me Kurt Cobain was dead…. I was 14 though!

Are they doing this?

My friends and I are a little sad because we all love Black Sabbath. But beside ourselves sobbing? We didn't know him.

Exactly what I was going to say! Its often a link to younger days, nostalgia, times when things werent as crap as they are now. Some celebs represent those times, whether a loved one now gone was in to them or similar it sparks a reminder. I think thats why so many people seemed really emotional when the queen died, it was the end of an era, people would have memories of watching her Christmas speech with loved ones now departed or just representing a time which again, wasnt as crap as now. There are a lot more cringe things than OPs friend, especially here on mumsnet lol but seriously, I get it, I really do, especially in todays Britain.

I’ll admit to playing some of his music at full
volume in the kitchen and shedding a little tear at the appallingly schmaltzy ‘See you on the other side’ earlier. But I have seen Ozzy and Sabbath a few times and am a huge fan of the genre. Also my Dad died last year and music often has that sort of effect on me.
Soon pulled myself together when the middle child walked in and caught me.😳
End of an era.

I felt quite sad about Diana, I was probably about the same age. Obviously not sobbing, but felt sad because she was a mum and I felt sad for the boys. Who knows OP maybe this triggered something, unless she's a dick in general (in which case don't be her friend) does it matter?

Wait what is Ozzy dead no way seriously

I moved to England from overseas two days after she died, and thought ‘I have moved to a land of crazy people.’

For whatever reason, it's triggered something in your friend. Just accept and ignore.

I don't feel sad about every death but I was feeling very emotional about the deaths of all those children in Texas flood recently, more for their families. I didn't know any of them but it brings up things related to losses in my own life. I haven't cried over it but it could be quite therapeutic as a release if I did. Of course, I keep it all private, not on show.

I imagine bats, doves and chickens will sleep better tonight…