Ozzy Osbourne, Connie Francis, Jacqui Browne, Douglas Chamberlain

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Last Word

BBC Radio 4

540 episodes

5 days ago

Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

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Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

Personal Journals

Society & Culture,

Documentary

Ozzy Osbourne, Connie Francis, Jacqui Browne, Douglas Chamberlain

Last Word

27 minutes

3 months ago

Ozzy Osbourne, Connie Francis, Jacqui Browne, Douglas Chamberlain

Matthew Bannister on

Ozzy Osbourne, the Black Sabbath lead singer known for his outrageous antics, many while under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

Jacqui Browne, the Thalidomide survivor who campaigned for the rights of disabled people in Ireland.

Professor Douglas Chamberlain, the cardiologist who pioneered the use of defibrillators by ambulance crews, saving many lives.

Connie Francis, the Italian American singer known for hits like “Who’s Sorry Now?”, “Stupid Cupid” and “Pretty Little Baby”

Producer: Ed Prendeville

Archive: BBC South East Today, BBC One South East, 20/06/2025; Wogan, BBC One, 27/11/1989; Open House, BBC Radio 2, 02/05/1978; Medical Express, BBC One, 29/08/1979; God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, BBC Two, 29/12/2012; Black Sabbath Final Concert: Back to the Beginning – Ozzy Osbourne, Performance date: 05/07/2025, Villa Park, Birmingham, Universal Music Group / Mercury Studios, via BBC News, 22/07/2025; Conversations About Activism and Change, Episode 4, Damien Walshe, Independent Living Movement Ireland, 28/05/2020