Sharon Osbourne Beats Cancer

After battling colon cancer very publicly for months, Sharon Osbourne has beaten the disease. "Sharon has finished her cancer treatments and has made a full recovery," her spokesperson told Rolling Stone today.

The good news comes only two weeks after Sharon was overcome by heat exhaustion and had to leave a party where husband Ozzy was performing, leading to speculation that her health had taken a turn for the worse.

The cancer's initial diagnosis forced the cancellation of the first two dates of Ozzfest last July. Sharon's chemotherapy treatment and her family's struggle to cope with her illness were documented on the second season of MTV's reality show The Osbournes.

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Song Stories

“1999”

Prince | 1982

“I don’t consider myself a great poet,” Prince told Rolling Stone. “I just know I’m here to say what’s on my mind.” In the case of the apocalyptic party anthem “1999,” he was worried about then-president Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies. The song’s melody is based on a riff borrowed from the Mamas and Papas’ “Monday, Monday,” and Prince originally envisioned the first verse with three-part harmony but later split the vocals between himself and members of the Revolution. Because Warner Bros., with whom Prince was locked in a contractual battle, owned the original’s masters, Prince rerecorded the song and appropriately released that version in 1999.

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