Overview

• On Sept. 2–3, Jack Osbourne posted an expletive-laden Instagram Story calling Waters “pathetic” and adding the hashtag #f—krogerwaters.
• In an Aug. 12 interview, Waters derided Ozzy’s TV persona and said he had no interest in Black Sabbath, also misstating Ozzy’s bat-biting lore as a chicken before being corrected.
• Multiple outlets reported reaching out to Waters’ representatives after Jack’s post, with no response reported in the coverage reviewed.
• Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22 at age 76; his death certificate cites out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease with autonomic dysfunction.
• The Osbourne family has been actively defending Ozzy’s legacy, with Kelly Osbourne recently rebuking a WWE on-air comment about her father and his hometown of Birmingham.