Ozzy Osbourne, rock icon and lead singer of Black Sabbath, dead at 76
'It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time,' the family said in a statement on Tuesday to the U.K. Press Association.
Osbourne had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019.
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Just over two weeks before his death, Osbourne delivered his last-ever live performance with the original lineup of Black Sabbath at Villa Park soccer stadium in their home city of Birmingham, central England, on July 5.
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The singer sang from a black throne that rose up from under the stage.
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'Let the madness begin!' he urged as he took the stage.
Later, he paid tribute to fans.
'I don't know what to say, man, I've been laid up for like six years. You have no idea how I feel — thank you from the bottom of my heart,' the Crazy Train singer said. 'You're all … special. Let's go crazy, come on.'
Osbourne performed several songs solo before being joined onstage for the first time in 20 years by Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Terence 'Geezer' Butler and Bill Ward. The band ended a short set with Paranoid, one of its most famous songs.
Osbourne formed Black Sabbath in 1968 in Birmingham. Both the band and Osbourne as a solo artist have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Osbourne's fame expanded into the mainstream in the early 2000s, when he joined longtime wife Sharon and two of their children, Kelly and Jack, in the MTV reality TV show The Osbournes.
He has struggled with health issues since 2003 following a near-fatal quad bike crash. He revealed his Parkinson's diagnosis in 2020 and paused touring in 2023 after spinal surgery.
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