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39th year  -  N° 310                 Tuesday, 5 November 2024         Antwerpen		
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Friday 26th of October 1984

40 years ago He Chose a Suicide Solution



Ozzy Osbourne fan John Daniel McCollum commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 19 in Indio, California, United States.


McCollum had been listening to Ozzy Osbourne singing 'Suicide Solution' all day long. In a lawsuit McCollum’s parents claimed that there were hidden lyrics in the song that incited the teenager to kill himself. A California court dismissed the McCollums’ lawsuit in 1988, ruling that John’s suicide was not a foreseeable result of Osbourne’s song.