legend

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Sharon Osbourne has listed the expansive $17 million Los Angeles mansion she shared with her late spouse, Ozzy Osbourne, and their children, nine months after the rock ‘n’ roll legend died in his native England.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

The football legend had been recovering at his home in Tigre, in Buenos Aires province, after successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier that month.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Jerry West’s legend was so well established when he retired from the Los Angeles Lakers in 1974 that he’d already been the inspiration for the NBA’s logo.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Adele Bertei has been writing about her life since 2013’s “Peter and the Wolves,” about her friendship with Cleveland punk legend Peter Laughner and their early years in the Cleveland punk scene.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

“Auntie—she—told it to me once. A legend that a giant built this causeway to get across the sea to fight another giant. Only when he got there, the giant was way bigger than he’d expected.”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova