POP/ROCK - Oct. 14, 1992

‘Suicide’ Suit: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to reinstate a pair of lawsuits that accused heavy metal rock star Ozzy Osbourne of inciting, through his music, the suicides of two Georgia teens. The court, without comment, let stand rulings that said Osbourne’s free-speech rights protect him against such legal action. Similar suits against Osbourne over suicides committed by youths in California and Nevada had failed previously. In one of the Georgia cases, Osbourne and CBS Records were sued by the families of a 16-year-old boy who shot himself in 1986 after listening repeatedly to Osbourne’s song “Suicide Solution.” The other suit was filed by the family of a 17-year-old boy who shot himself in 1988 after listening to the same song.