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"More than 300 fans braved the torrential rain in New York today, perhaps fittingly, to meet the Prince of Darkness. Ozzy Osbourne signed copies of his hilarious new memoir, I Am Ozzy, at the Fifth Avenue Barnes and Noble in midtown Manhattan (Rolling Stone spoke to Osbourne about the memoir in our current issue; read bonus stories on Black Sabbath and his new LP).\n\nThe downpour weeded out fair-weather fans, but the line still extended outside the store and down the entire 46th street block &amp;#x2014; and the first die-hard arrived at 3:30 a.m. for the 12:30 p.m signing. Ozzy showed up on time, exiting a side elevator and ambling past the store&amp;apos;s graphic arts section wearing a long-sleeve black shirt and gold leaf pendant. \n \nThe first fan Ozzy met was Chris Engborg, a 17-year-old from Wilton, Connecticut, who was born with learning disabilities and gave Ozzy a handwritten letter, telling him his music &amp;#x2014; particularly his song &amp;quot;I Don&amp;apos;t Want to Change the World&amp;quot; &amp;#x2014; helped him through deep depression. Ozzy peered up from his circular John Lennon-style glasses and thanked him for coming.\n\nFor most of the event, Ozzy stayed quiet, but his silence didn&amp;apos;t dampen his fans&amp;apos; enthusiasm; many walked away shaking, some crying joyful tears. &amp;quot;I can die happy now!&amp;quot; one woman shouted as she took a large leap at the exit.\n\nWhen he met five-year old Corrado Mazzuca Jr., Ozzy lit up. The boy brought Ozzy an endearing portrait he drew of the singer, with title &amp;quot;Ozzy Rules!&amp;quot; Ozzy stared intently at the picture. &amp;quot;Who drew this?&amp;quot; he asked the boy. &amp;quot;You drew this?&amp;quot; before putting the boy on his lap for a photo. Later, the boy was ecstatic. &amp;quot;Iron Man&amp;apos; is my favorite song,&amp;quot; he said, standing next to his father. &amp;quot;I have it on my radio box.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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