Ozzy Osbourne Useless at 76

Ozzy is most well-known for heading up the group Black Sabbath, founding the enduring rock band in Birmingham, England in 1968 alongside Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Invoice Ward. His loss of life comes on the heels of the group’s closing live performance collectively.

The band acquired quite a few accolades through the years together with two Grammy Awards and a 2006 induction into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame. Amongst their most well-known songs … “War Pigs,” “Iron Man,” “Paranoid,” “Children of the Grave,” and “Sweet Leaf.”

Regardless of their meteoric rise to fame, Osbourne was booted from the group in 1979 due to his alcohol and drug dependancy — a difficulty he struggled with constantly over the following few many years.

He then launched into an extremely profitable solo profession throughout which he launched 13 studio albums, the primary eight of which all went platinum in america. He additionally gained 5 Grammy awards as a solo artist whereas penning hit tracks like “Crazy Train” and “No More Tears.” Throughout this time, Sharon Osbourne took over as his supervisor.

Ozzy met Sharon in 1970 by way of her father who labored for Black Sabbath on the time. Virtually a decade later, in 1979, Sharon helped Ozzy combat in opposition to his addictions after being kicked out of Black Sabbath.

She additionally inspired him to start his aforementioned solo profession, and the 2 married in 1982.

Ozzy additionally emerged as a actuality star within the early 2000s, starring within the present “The Osbournes” together with his household. The present ran for 52 episodes over 4 seasons from 2002 to 2005.

The couple’s kids — Kelly, Aimee and Jack — have gone on to carve out careers as TV and web personalities as nicely … usually showing within the actuality exhibits starring their mother and father.

Ozzy is survived by Sharon, his kids and quite a few grandchildren.

He was 76.