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Ozzy at the Cenotaph

A rock singer, a borrowed gown, a thirty-dollar bond and a city that took ten years to forgive him.

Collection: San Antonio · USA · Open in OpenStreetMap

Alamo Plaza on a postcard from about 1900
Alamo Plaza on a postcard from about 1900 · Nic Tengg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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How the story begins

A deputy marshal saw a man in a green evening gown urinating against this monument, at about nine in the morning on 19 February 1982. The man was Ozzy Osbourne, in town for a sold-out show. The gown was Sharon's. She had hidden his clothes. He had a show that night, and he was in jail. His promoter, Jack Orbin, posted a thirty-dollar bond for public intoxication and told him he could not urinate on the Alamo.

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Visiting

Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, on the public plaza and free to see at any time. Construction continues around the plaza, so expect some barriers nearby.

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