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Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne was an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. Dubbed the "Prince of Darkness", he is widely credited as a pioneer of heavy metal music. He co-founded the band Black Sabbath in 1968, and rose to prominence in the 1970s as their lead vocalist. He performed on the band's first eight studio albums, including Black Sabbath, Paranoid and Master of Reality (1971),…
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entertainment · English musician and media personality (1948–2025) · musician · rock singer · composer · singer-songwriter · singer · also Ozzy Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne, Prince of Darkness, The Prince of Darkness, Osbourne
Born 3 December 1948 · Died 22 July 2025 · Q133151
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2026· 31 entries
“My team is currently coming up with ideas for where I will be able to perform without having to travel from city to city and country to country.”
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“got very drunk and very stoned every single day”
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“The world went a bit fuzzy after that.”
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“already thinking about the next album”
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Ultimate Classic Rock: How Ozzy Osbourne Inspired a Song on Down’s New ‘Volume V’ Album
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Men's Journal: How Halloween Horror Nights Is Bringing ‘Hellraiser,’ ‘Sinners,’ Ozzy Osbourne & ‘Obsession’ to Universal (Exclusive)
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InformaBTL: Ozzy Osbourne muere: Pero revive en Ozzfest 2027, anuncia su viuda Sharon Osbourne
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Wide Open Country: Singer Apologizes to Kelly Osbourne Again Over Comments About Dad Ozzy
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Billboard: OzzFest Is Back: Festival Confirms Venue For 2027 Edition in Ozzy Osbourne’s Hometown
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Estación K2: Ozzy Osbourne rompe otra barrera: “Crazy Train” ya superó los mil millones en Spotify
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People.com: Dee Snider Apologizes to Kelly Osbourne Over Recent Ozzy Osbourne Songwriting Credits Comments
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MariskalRock.com: Ozzfest, el festival creado por Ozzy Osbourne, vuelve en 2027 y confirma su primera parada
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National Desk: Ozzy Osbourne will have Halloween Horror Nights house 1 year after his death
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The Sun: Ozzfest returns to UK stadium a year after Ozzy Osbourne’s emotional farewell gig
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Mshale: Exploring Ozzy Osbourne’s Birmingham: One Year Without The Prince Of Darkness (Drone Tour) El Niño Weather (cHX0B4Y9xp)
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Wikimetal: Robert Trujillo revela bastidores da escolha entre Ozzy Osbourne e Metallica
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Hellpress: Es oficial: Ozzfest, el festival fundado por Ozzy Osbourne, vuelve en 2027 y confirma su primera parada
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Wide Open Country: Kelly Osbourne Claps Back at Rock Icon Over Ozzy Osbourne's Legacy
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FM Rock & Pop 95.9: “Crazy Train” de Ozzy Osbourne superó los mil millones de reproducciones en Spotify
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RockFM: Kelly Osbourne responde fuerte a Dee Snider por "intentar menospreciar" a Ozzy Osbourne
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Chicago Tribune: Today in Chicago History: Ozzy Osbourne sings seventh inning stretch at Wrigley Field
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hennemusic: Ozzy Osbourne tops the hennemusic Hot 10
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MondoSonoro: Black Sabbath The Ozzy Osbourne Years 3x CD 1991 Castle Heavy Metal ESBCD Tested
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El Universal: ¿Cómo serán las casas del terror de Ozzy Osbourne?
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Yahoo: Kelly Osbourne Calls Out Dee Snider for ‘Spectacularly Classless’ Comments About Ozzy Osbourne’s Legacy
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Far Out Magazine: Kelly Osbourne slams Dee Snider for "classless" Ozzy Osbourne dig
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NME: Kelly Osbourne hits back at Dee Snider’s “attempt to belittle” Ozzy Osbourne
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Far Out Magazine: The “most beautiful” song Ozzy Osbourne ever heard: “Tearing up”
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Public attention spiked: 40,696 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6× the usual 6,727, with 4 article edits. Editors noted: script-assisted date audit and style fixes per MOS:NUM
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Published video “"No More Tears" (Live) - Ozzy Tribute at The Brits 2026”.
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2025· 29 entries
Published video “‘Ozzy: No Escape From Now’ Trailer”.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Authentic Ozzy Osbourne video in which he says "This was my final performace" .” AI Clickbait.
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Snopes rated the claim “Ozzy Osbourne died from years of illness caused by the COVID-19 vaccine.” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “The Simpsons predicted Ozzy Osbourne's death” AI Generated.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Andrew Yang posted on X "RIP Ozzy Osbourne, a true American original. 🙏❤️🇺🇸"” Edited Later.
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Snopes rated the claim “Heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne broke a boycott to perform in Israel in 2024.” False.
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Died 2025-07-22.
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Published video “Jack Black feat. Roman Morello, Revel Ian, Yoyoka Soma & Hugo Weiss - “Mr Crowley””.
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Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - Back to The Beginning LiveStream Trailer”.
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Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - Time After Time (Official Music Video)”.
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Published video “Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Morrison & Steve Stevens - "Crack Cocaine" (Official Music Video)”.
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Released album “1982-04-28 Memphis”.
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Released album “Montreal 1981”.
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“The downside of being outrageous is that you have to go around explaining your fucking self to people. If you're too cocky, somebody might just pull out a fucking gun and cock it and blow your fucking face off. You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world.”
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“s death he had a Bible with him at all times and would show it to all his visitors. Jack also stated that his dad would identify with Christianity and that he was frustrated with the public”
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“All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the Seventies sounds nothing like the stuff from the Eighties, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the Nineties. Who's to say what is and isn't a certain type of music?”
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“Opis: reakcja Ozzy’ego na bańki mydlane które zdaniem Sharon powinny pojawić się na scenie podczas koncertu.”
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“Adolf Hitler miał charyzmę w złym tego słowa znaczeniu. Trochę go podziwiałem. Był świrem, wariatem, ale miał coś w sobie. (...) Zabił tych wszystkich ludzi i w ogóle... Ale coś w sobie miał.”
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“Opis: odpowiedź na pytanie: skąd czerpiesz pomysły?”
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“Wine is fine but whiskey's quicker. Suicide is slow with liquor. Take a bottle and drown your sorrows. (ang.)”
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“Yesterday has been and gone. Tommorow will I find the sun, or will it rain? Everybody's having fun, except me, I'm the lonely one. I live in shame.”
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Jack Osbourne stated on the podcast Hate To Break It To Ya Podcast with James Kennedy that near Ozzy's death he had a Bible with him at all times and would show it to all his visitors
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“Mr. Crowley. What went on in your head? Oh, Mr. Crowley. Did you talk to the dead? Your lifestyle to me seemed so tragic. With the thrill of it all. You fooled all the people with magic. Yeah, you waited on Satan's call. (ang.)”
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“I never wanted it to end this way, my love, my darling. (ang.)”
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And Sharon were among those who signed an open letter calling for an investigation into alleged anti-Israel bias in the BBC's coverage of the Gaza war
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“I'm not the kind of person you think I am. I'm not the anti-christ or the iron man. I have a vision that I just can't control. I feel I've lost my spirit and sold my soul. (ang.)”
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“Maybe a kiss before I leave you this way. (ang.)”
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“Suicide is the only way out. (ang.)”
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“I like the word fuck. Fucking deal with it and move on to the first fucking question you have.”
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2024· 11 entries
Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - See You On The Other Side 2.0”.
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Published video “Would You Try This? Ozzy Reacts to The Wildest Stunts”.
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Published video “Ozzy’s Wildest Day Ever | The Most Insane Adrenaline Challenges”.
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Published video “When Ozzy's Dogs Take Over | A Peek Inside Osbourne’s Pet Life”.
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Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2024).
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Released album “Night Terrors”.
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“s antisemitism. In 2024, following calls for a cultural boycott of Israeli artists, he and Sharon were among those who signed an open letter by Creative Community For Peace, in”
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“Donald Trump is a felon, right? Correct me if I”
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Osbourne said "Donald Trump is a felon, right
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Following calls for a cultural boycott of Israeli artists, he and Sharon were among those who signed an open letter by Creative Community For Peace, in "support of freedom of expression and against discriminatory boycott
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Osbourne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his solo career
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2023· 3 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for Degradation Rules (2023).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Rock Album for Patient Number 9 (2023).
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Rolling Stone ranked Osbourne at number 112 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time
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2022· 13 entries
Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9 (Storyboard Version) ft. Jeff Beck”.
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Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - One of Those Days (Behind the Scenes Version) ft. Eric Clapton”.
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Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - The Making of 'Patient Number 9' (Vevo Footnotes)”.
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Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - One of Those Days (Official Music Video) ft. Eric Clapton”.
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Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - Mr Darkness (Official Visualizer) ft. Zakk Wylde”.
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Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - Evil Shuffle (Official Visualizer) ft. Zakk Wylde”.
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Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - A Thousand Shades (Official Visualizer) ft. Jeff Beck”.
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Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - No Escape From Now (Official Visualizer) ft. Tony Iommi”.
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Published video “Ozzy Osbourne - Parasite (Official Visualizer) ft. Zakk Wylde”.
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Released album “Patient Number 9”.
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Released album “Let The Madness Begin”.
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Released album “Kansas City 1986: The Classic Missouri Broadcast”.
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Osbourne expressed his support for Ukraine following Russia's full-scale invasion of the country
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2020· 5 entries
Released album “Ordinary Man”.
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Snopes rated the claim “Heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne was on his "deathbed" at the start of 2020.” False.
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Osbourne voiced King Thrash, king of the rock trolls, for the animated movie Trolls World Tour
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Osbourne also revealed that he had emphysema
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After Trump used Osbourne's song in his campaign, he issued a statement forbidding Trump, or any other campaign, from using his music without approval
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2019· 3 entries
Released album “Flippin’ the “B” Side”.
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Released album “See You on the Other Side”.
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Released album “Ozzmosis, Part Two”.
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2018· 4 entries
Released album “Live Montreal '81 King Biscuit Flower Hour”.
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Released album “Kansas City 1986 King Biscuit Flower Hour”.
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Released album “Definitive Tribute”.
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Released album “No More Tours, Moscow”.
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2017· 1 entry
Released album “The Great & Powerful”.
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2016· 2 entries
Released album “1990-11-09: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA”.
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Osbourne attended the naming of a Midland Metro tram after him in Birmingham
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “The Very Best Of”.
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Received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors
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2014· 5 entries
Released album “The Collection”.
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Released album “Memoirs of a Madman”.
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Released album “Ozzmosis Demos”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for God Is Dead? (2014).
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Awarded MTV Europe Music Award for Global Icon (2014).
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2012· 3 entries
Released album “Ozzy Live”.
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Released album “Definition of Blizzard”.
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“http://www.geezerbutler.com/2012/05/heavy-heart/”
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2011· 4 entries
Released album “Blizzard of Ozz / Diary of a Madman 30th Anniversary Box: Randy Years”.
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In the 2011 documentary film God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, produced by his son Jack, Osbourne admitted that he could not even remember when Louis and Jessica were born.
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“[he] was going to be a rock star the rest of [his] life”
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Released album “Singles Collection Volume 3”.
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2010· 7 entries
Released album “Scream”.
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Osbourne won the "Literary Achievement" honour for his memoir, I Am Ozzy, at the Guys Choice Awards at Sony Pictures Studio in Culver City, California
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Released ep “iTunes Festival: London 2010”.
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The tour opened with a Jersey Shore spoof skit starring Osbourne
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Osbourne expressed disgust at the Westboro Baptist Church when they sang a parody of the song "Crazy Train" for a picket they held during the Snyder v
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During an interview on The Howard Stern Show, Osbourne said that it took him 19 attempts to get his driving licence because of his use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
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“My favourite movie is Monty Python”
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2009· 1 entry
Released album “2009-09-12: Sunset Strip Music Festival, West Hollywood”.
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2008· 6 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Osbourne was crowned with the prestigious Living Legend award in the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards
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Released album “The Essential”.
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“All my family is here and I thank everyone for this reception—I”
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Ozzfest was reduced to a one-day event in Dallas, where Osbourne played, alongside Metallica and King Diamond
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Released album “2008-03-30: Quilmes Rock Festival, Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina”.
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2007· 4 entries
Released album “Black Rain”.
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Released album “Singles Collection, Volume 2”.
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Osbourne was honoured at the second annual VH1 Rock Honors, alongside Genesis, Heart, and ZZ Top
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Released album “Singles Collection, Volume 1”.
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2006· 3 entries
But with a reduced schedule, leaving many of the concerts to be closed by System of a Down instead of himself
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Released album “The Best”.
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Was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, and Geezer Butler
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2005· 4 entries
Released album “Under Cover”.
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Released album “Prince of Darkness”.
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Osbourne was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame both as a solo artist and as a member of Black Sabbath
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Osbourne and his wife Sharon starred in an MTV competition reality show entitled Battle for Ozzfest
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2003· 7 entries
Released album “The Essential Ozzy Osbourne”.
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Found out it was a genetic form of Parkinson's disease
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Featured the single "Dreamer", a song which peaked at number 10 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks
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Released album “Chelmsford Complete”.
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Osbourne recruited former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, though his time with Osbourne would be short
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Osbourne told the Los Angeles Times how he was nearly incapacitated by medication prescribed by a Beverly Hills doctor
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Released album “Greatest Hits 2003”.
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2002· 3 entries
Released album “Live at Budokan”.
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Osbourne and wife Sharon were invited to the White House Correspondents' Association dinner by Fox News Channel correspondent Greta Van Susteren for that year's event
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According to Osbourne in the booklet to the 2002 edition of Diary of a Madman, the bat was not only alive but managed to bite him, resulting in Osbourne being vaccinated against rabies.
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2001· 3 entries
Released album “Down to Earth”.
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Released album “Obzzcyrities”.
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2004 and 2005, before going on another hiatus due to a dispute between Osbourne and Iommi over the rights to the trademark "Black Sabbath"
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2000· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for Iron Man (2000).
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Released album “Back to Madness”.
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Released album “Singles Collection 2000”.
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And 2002 which were dismissed by the courts in 2003, former band members Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake, and Phil Soussan stated that Osbourne was delinquent in paying them royalties and had denied them due credit on albums t
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1998· 1 entry
Released album “Diary of a Madman / Bark at the Moon / The Ultimate Sin”.
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1997· 5 entries
Released album “The Ozzman Cometh”.
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Released album “Best Ballads”.
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Released album “One Up the B‐Sides”.
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Released album “The Very Best of Ozzy”.
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Released album “The Very Best”.
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1996· 3 entries
Sharon Osbourne created Ozzfest after she was rebuffed by Lollapalooza when she tried to get Ozzy on that festival circuit
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Released album “Jake Rendered Sabbath”.
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Released album “Secret Songs”.
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1995· 2 entries
Released album “Ozzmosis”.
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Released album “Ozzy Bloody Ozzy”.
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for I Don't Want to Change the World (1994).
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Was awarded a Grammy Award for the track "I Don't Want to Change the World" from Live & Loud for Best Metal Performance of 1994
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1993· 2 entries
Released album “Live & Loud”.
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Released ep “Changes + 2: Live & Loud Sampler”.
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1992· 6 entries
Released album “Axeman”.
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Osbourne expressed his fatigue with touring, and proclaimed his "retirement tour" (the retirement was to be short-lived), called "No More Tours", a pun on No More Tears
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That he was a member of the Church of England and prayed before each show
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Released album “Tears of the Sinner”.
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Released album “The Axeman Cometh”.
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Released album “No More Tears Demo Sessions”.
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1991· 2 entries
Released album “No More Tears”.
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Released album “Don’t Blame Me”.
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1990· 5 entries
Released album “Ten Commandments”.
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Released ep “Just Say Ozzy”.
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Released album “Live USA”.
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Released album “All Aboard”.
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Osbourne was similarly sued over the suicides of two other young Americans, Michael Waller (1986) and Harold Hamilton (1988), who allegedly were listening to the song when they ended their lives
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1989· 4 entries
Released album “Best of Ozz”.
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Personally apologized for homophobic remarks made by Zakk Wylde at a concert in Long Beach, Los Angeles and reportedly donated to AIDS Walk Long Beach, a fundraising event dedicated to HIV/AIDS research
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Osbourne performed at the Moscow Music Peace Festival
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Released album “Go Crazy!”.
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1988· 3 entries
Released album “No Rest for the Wicked”.
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Osbourne appeared in The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years and told the director Penelope Spheeris that "sobriety fucking sucks"
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Osbourne performed on the rock ballad "Close My Eyes Forever", a duet with Lita Ford, reaching No
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1987· 1 entry
Released album “Tribute”.
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1986· 4 entries
Released album “The Ultimate Sin”.
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When he and Lou Albano managed The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) in their WWF Tag Team Championship win over The Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake)
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Released ep “Shot in the Dark”.
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Released album “The Ultimate Ozzy”.
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1985· 2 entries
Released album “The Other Side of Ozzy Osbourne”.
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Released album “Randy Rhoads’ Last Atlanta Show 3/17/82”.
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1984· 3 entries
Released ep “Prince of Darkness”.
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California teenager John McCollum committed suicide while listening to Osbourne's "Suicide Solution"
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Released ep “Four Super Rocks”.
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1983· 1 entry
Released album “Bark at the Moon”.
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1982· 5 entries
Released album “Speak of the Devil”.
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Released album “Bats Head Soup”.
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Released album “Paranoid”.
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Osbourne appeared as lead vocalist on the Was (Not Was) pop dance track "Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed)"
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Released ep “Mr. Crowley Live EP”.
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1981· 4 entries
Released album “Diary of a Madman”.
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To a meeting with the head of CBS Europe in Germany
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That the couple would "probably get married someday" despite their constant bickering and the fact that Osbourne was still married to Thelma at the time
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After signing his first solo record deal, Osbourne bit the head off a dove during a meeting with CBS Records executives in Los Angeles
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1980· 2 entries
Released album “Blizzard of Ozz”.
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Osbourne tempted the comparison with his 1980 song "Mr.
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1979· 3 entries
Due to his problems with alcohol and other drugs
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Black Sabbath returned to the studio, but tension and conflict arose between band members
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Osbourne spent the next three months locked in his hotel room drinking alcohol and taking vast amounts of drugs "all day, every day"
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1971· 1 entry
Osbourne met his first wife Thelma Riley at the Rum Runner, the Birmingham nightclub where she worked
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1968· 1 entry
And rose to prominence in the 1970s as their lead vocalist
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1948· 1 entry
Born 1948-12-03.
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