Ozzy Osbourne, the pioneering heavy steel singer and Black Sabbath frontman whose star activate actuality TV endeared him to a brand new technology of followers, has died, his household introduced Tuesday. He was 76 years outdated.
“It’s with extra unhappiness than mere phrases can convey that now we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has handed away this morning,” the household mentioned in an announcement signed by Osbourne’s spouse Sharon, in addition to his kids Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis. “He was along with his household and surrounded by love.”
They added, “We ask everybody to respect our household privateness presently.”
Information of Osbourne’s demise comes 17 days after he carried out his remaining present in Birmingham, England, alongside his former Black Sabbath bandmates on the Again to the Starting profit live performance.
On this Oct. 19, 2024, file photograph, inductee, Ozzy Osbourne, speaks onstage throughout the 2024 Rock & Roll Corridor Of Fame Induction Ceremony streaming on Disney+ at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio.
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He had additionally just lately introduced a brand new memoir titled “Final Rites,” which was due out Oct. 7 by way of Grand Central Publishing.
Osbourne was beforehand identified with Parkinson’s illness in 2019 and mentioned in an interview then with “Good Morning America” that it had been “terribly difficult.”
“It is PRKN 2,” Sharon Osbourne mentioned on the time. “There’s so many various kinds of Parkinson’s. It is not a demise sentence by any stretch of the creativeness, but it surely does have an effect on sure nerves in your physique. And it is — it is like you have got an excellent day, an excellent day, after which a extremely unhealthy day.”
Ozzy Osbourne indicators copies of his album “Affected person Quantity 9” at Fingerprints Music on September 10, 2022 in Lengthy Seashore, California.
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In 1968, the Birmingham, U.Ok., native co-founded Black Sabbath with guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Invoice Ward. The band helped outline the steel style, thanks largely to Osbourne’s otherworldly vocals on such basic tunes as “Iron Man,” “Paranoid” and “Battle Pigs.” Osbourne additionally gained notoriety for his typically drug-and-alcohol-fueled exploits. His persona and antics earned him the nicknames the Prince of Darkness and the Steel Madman.
After a decade with the group, Osbourne was fired from Sabbath, purportedly over his substance abuse.
Black Sabbath: Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Invoice Ward and Ozzy Osbourne
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Nonetheless, he quickly launched a solo profession that, with preliminary assist from virtuoso guitarist Randy Rhoads, turned extra profitable than Black Sabbath. Amongst Osbourne’s memorable tunes from the ’80s are “Loopy Practice,” “Flying Excessive Once more,” “Shot within the Darkish,” “Bark on the Moon” and “No Extra Tears.” In 1988, Osbourne scored a top-10 hit on the Billboard Sizzling 100 with “Shut My Eyes Perpetually,” a duet with ex-Runaways guitarist Lita Ford.
Ozzy Osbourne reside on the Moscow Music Peace Pageant 1989 at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, August, 13, 1989.
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Over time, Osbourne sometimes reunited with Black Sabbath, whereas primarily specializing in his solo endeavors. In 1996, Osbourne’s spouse and supervisor, Sharon, launched Ozzfest, an annual hard-rock competition and tour that Osbourne has often headlined both solo or with Sabbath.
Within the early 2000s, the singer discovered a complete new viewers when he starred alongside Sharon and two of their kids — Jack and Kelly — within the hit MTV actuality sequence “The Osbournes,” which ran from 2002 to 2005. He and his son Jack teamed up once more for one more actuality present, “Ozzy & Jack’s World Detour,” which debuted in 2016.
Ozzy Osbourne, middle, poses along with his household, from left, daughter Aimee, spouse Sharon, daughter Kelly, son Jack and his son Louis, after he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame in Los Angeles on April 12, 2002.
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In 2006, Osbourne was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame as a member of Black Sabbath. The band — minus Ward — reunited to report a remaining studio album, “13,” which was launched in 2013. The group launched a farewell tour referred to as The Finish that ran from January 2016 to February 2017.
Osbourne then refocused on his solo profession, and launched the No Extra Excursions II outing, which he meant to be his remaining main trek. In early 2019, he battled an higher respiratory an infection and pneumonia that pressured him to postpone tour legs within the U.Ok. and Europe, and cancel dates in Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
In an unique interview with “Good Morning America,” the rocker mentioned that across the time of his Parkinson’s illness prognosis, he additionally had a foul fall that required surgical procedure on his neck.
The autumn ultimately led to 3 spinal surgical procedures, none of which totally alleviated the damage, Osbourne mentioned. He canceled his 2023 European tour and introduced he was finished touring for good attributable to his again issues.
This Nov. 24, 2019 file photograph exhibits Ozzy Osbourne performing on the American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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“My one and solely function throughout this time has been to get again on stage,” he wrote on social media on the time. “My singing voice is ok. Nonetheless, after three operations, stem cell therapies, infinite bodily remedy periods, and most just lately groundbreaking Cybernics (HAL) Therapy, my physique continues to be bodily weak.”
In 2022, Osbourne closed out the Commonwealth Video games in his hometown of Birmingham that August alongside Iommi on guitar. The venue was only a five-minute drive from the place Osbourne went to highschool, he informed “GMA” in September 2022.
“If somebody had mentioned to me once I was 14 standing outdoors these college gates, ‘You will be closin’ the Commonwealth Video games,’ it was simply — my life’s been unimaginable. And that issues have occurred,” Osbourne mentioned on the time.
At 74 years outdated, Osbourne received Grammy for greatest steel efficiency for the track “Degradation Guidelines” alongside Iommi on guitar. The track got here from his thirteenth studio album, “Affected person Quantity 9,” which additionally received a Grammy for greatest rock album and rose to No. 3 on the U.S. charts and No. 2 within the U.Ok. after its launch in September 2022.
This June 11, 2018, file photograph exhibits musician Ozzy Osbourne, left, and his spouse Sharon Osbourne on the Steel Hammer Golden God awards in London.
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Osbourne received 5 Grammy Awards as a solo artist, whereas Black Sabbath received two Grammy Awards and a lifetime achievement award in 2019.
Osbourne married his second spouse, Sharon, in 1982 and had three kids, Aimee, Kelly, and Jack. Although Aimee selected to not seem on “The Osbournes,” Sharon, Kelly and Jack Osbourne have been featured all through and paved the way in which for future family-centric actuality exhibits like “Retaining Up with the Kardashians.”
The singer was beforehand married to Thelma Riley from 1971 to 1982. He had two kids along with his first spouse, Jessica and Louis. He additionally adopted her son Elliot from a earlier marriage.
