(NEXSTAR) — Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne has died. He was 76 years previous.
In an announcement obtained by The Sun and the Related Press, Osbourne’s household mentioned he was “surrounded by love” when he died Tuesday morning.
“It’s with extra unhappiness than mere phrases can convey that we’ve got to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has handed away this morning,” the assertion learn. The household went on to ask for privateness.
Osbourne’s spouse of greater than 40 years, Sharon, signed the assertion, as did his kids, Aimee, Kelly, Jack, and Louis.
No reason for demise was listed, and no further info was launched.
Osbourne introduced in 2020 that he had been recognized with Parkinson’s illness. A 12 months prior, he canceled tour dates attributable to well being issues, together with a “dangerous fall” through which he mentioned he injured vertebrae in his neck. Then, in 2023, Osbourne said his touring days had “ended” attributable to backbone injury he had suffered throughout an accident in 2019.
Sharon Osbourne confirmed in 2022 that her husband had undergone a “major operation.” Whereas she did not expose particulars on the time, Ozzy had earlier informed Traditional Rock journal that he was “ready on some extra surgical procedure on my neck.”
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Ozzy Osbourne performs at half time throughout a Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Payments sport throughout an NFL soccer sport Thursday, Sept. 8, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photograph/John McCoy) -
Singer Ozzy Osbourne performs throughout halftime of an NFL soccer sport between the Los Angeles Rams and the Buffalo Payments Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photograph/Mark J. Terrill) -
From let, Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne attend ASCAP Presents The 2014 Grammy Nominee Brunch, on the SLS Lodge at Beverly Hills on Saturday, January 25, 2014 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photograph by Frank Micelotta/Invision for ASCAP/AP) -
FILE – This Jan. 13, 2009 file picture reveals the Osbournes, from left, Ozzy Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Jack Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne arriving on the FOX Winter All-Star Get together in Los Angeles. Jack Osbourne is going through a analysis of a number of sclerosis. The previous actuality star and son of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne revealed his well being disaster in an interview with Folks launched Sunday, June 17, 2012. He informed the journal he was indignant and pissed off when he discovered, and he is involved about his household. (AP Photograph/Chris Pizzello, file) -
FILE – Ozzy Osbourne arrives on the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on the Staples Heart on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. Osbourne introduced the cancellation of his 2023 tour dates within the UK and continental Europe, in an announcement issued on early Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (Photograph by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Earlier this month, nevertheless, Osbourne joined the unique members of the Black Sabbath — Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Invoice Ward — for one last present in Birmingham, England.
“It’s my time to go Again to the Starting….time for me to provide again to the place the place I used to be born,” Osbourne said in a social media submit in February. “How blessed am I to do it with the assistance of individuals whom I like. Birmingham is the true dwelling of metallic. Birmingham Eternally.”
That very same night time, Osbourne’s daughter, Kelly, was proposed to by her DJ boyfriend, Sid Wilson.
Osbourne fashioned Black Sabbath in 1968 in his hometown of Birmingham (it is there that youngsters at school nicknamed him Ozz), a metropolis then identified for its heavy trade that grew to become the crucible of the British metallic scene. Black Sabbath’s satan imagery and thunderous sound made them one of many period’s most influential — and parent-scaring — metallic acts.
Within the late Nineteen Sixties, Osbourne had teamed up with Butler, guitarist Iommi and drummer Ward because the Polka Tulk Blues Band. They determined to rename the band Earth, however discovered to their dismay there was one other band with that title. In order that they modified the title to the American title of the basic Italian horror film “I Tre Volti Della Paura,” starring Boris Karloff: Black Sabbath.
Each the band and Osbourne as a solo artist have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame.
Osbourne’s fame expanded into the mainstream within the early 2000s, when he joined his spouse Sharon Osbourne, and two of their kids within the MTV actuality TV present “The Osbournes.”
Osbourne embodied the excesses of metallic. His outlandish exploits included relieving himself on the Alamo, snorting a line of ants off a sidewalk and, most memorably, biting the top off a reside bat {that a} fan threw onstage throughout a 1981 live performance. (He mentioned he thought it was rubber.)
Osbourne was sued in 1987 by dad and mom of a 19-year-old teen who died by suicide whereas listening to his track “Suicide Resolution.” The lawsuit was dismissed. Osbourne mentioned the track was actually in regards to the risks of alcohol, which triggered the demise of his buddy Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC.
Audiences at Osbourne reveals might be mooned or spit on by the singer. They’d usually be hectored to scream together with the track, however the Devil-invoking Osbourne would often ship the crowds dwelling with their ears ringing and a hearty “God bless!”
He began an annual tour — Ozzfest — in 1996 after he was rejected from the lineup of what was then the highest touring music competition, Lollapalooza.
Osbourne’s look modified little over his life. He wore his lengthy hair flat, heavy black eye make-up and spherical glasses, usually carrying a cross round his neck. In 2013, he reunited with Black Sabbath for the dour, uncooked “13,” which reached No. 1 on the U.Okay. Albums Chart and peaked at No. 86 on the U.S. Billboard 200. In 2019, he had a Prime 10 hit when featured on Publish Malone’s “Take What You Need,” Osbourne’s first track within the Prime 10 since 1989.
In 2020, he launched the album “Peculiar Man,” which had as its title track a duet with Elton John. “I’ve been a nasty man, been increased than the blue sky/And the reality is I don’t wanna die an strange man,” he sang. In 2022, he landed his first profession back-to-back No. 1 rock radio singles from his album “Affected person Quantity 9,” which featured collaborations with Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mike McCready, Chad Smith, Robert Trujillo and Duff McKagan. It earned 4 Grammy nominations.
He’s survived by Sharon, and their three kids — Kelly, Aimee and Jack — in addition to his eldest son, Louis, from a earlier marriage.
The Related Press contributed to this report.