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(NEXSTAR) – Ozzy Osbourne, the dense metallic fable whose style, persona and unpredictability transcended the euphony world, died Tuesday astatine the property of 76.
“It is with much sadness than specified words tin convey that we person to study that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed distant this morning. He was with his household and surrounded by love. We inquire everyone to respect our household privateness astatine this time,” his household said successful a statement.
U.S. stone vocalist Ozzy Osbourne poses successful Los Angeles, Ca. connected Dec. 21, 1981. Osbourne was the pb vocalist with the Black Sabbath set from 1969-1978. His archetypal solo album, "Blizzard of Ozz," sold implicit a cardinal copies. (AP Photo/Douglas Pizac)
British dense metallic stone prima Ozzy Osbourne performs astatine Rock successful Rio, billed arsenic the biggest stone euphony festival ever, successful Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 20,1985. The 10-day lawsuit drew much than 1 cardinal people. (AP Photo/Miro Nunes)
British Heavy Metal band, Black Sabbath pb vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, center, and guitarist Tony Iommi, right, execute connected a monolithic outdoor signifier during the Live Aid performance for famine alleviation astatine JFK Stadium successful Philadelphia, Pa. July 13,1985.(AP Photo/stf)
Singer Ozzy Osbourne appears astatine quality league to archer reporters that his opus "Suicide Solution" was misinterpreted and is anti-suicide, successful Los Angeles connected Jan. 21, 1986. (AP Photo/Lacy Atkins)
Ozzy Osbourne, British stone musician, is shown connected Oct. 27, 1988 successful New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
British stone instrumentalist Ozzy Osbourne reacts to fans and the media arsenic helium arrives astatine St. Thomas Episcopal Church successful New York City for Mariah Carey's wedding to SONY President Thomas Mottola, Saturday evening, June 5, 1993. (AP Photo/Mike Alexander)
Rocker Ozzy Osbourne greets fans astatine Tower Records successful downtown Manhattan, New York, Sept. 17, 1991 portion kicking disconnected the merchandise of his caller medium "No More Tears." Osbourne amazed the assemblage of immoderate 200 radical gathered astatine the store to acquisition the agelong awaited Guns and Roses albums "Illusion I" and "Illusion II" which went connected merchantability astatine midnight. (AP Photo/Luiz Ribeiro)
Heavy metallic stone prima Ozzy Osbourne poses astatine the Peninsula Hotel successful New York, July 27, 2000. (AP Photo/Jeff Geissler)
The Osbourne household airs arsenic they get astatine the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, astatine the Shrine Auditorium successful Los Angeles. From near are Kelly, Ozzy, Sharon, Robert Marcato and Jack. Marcato is an 18-year-old person of Kelly's who precocious moved successful with the household aft his parent died of the aforesaid benignant of crab afflicting Sharon. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
Cut-outs of bats are dropped from the ceiling arsenic Ozzy Osbourne performs during the VH1 Rock Honors performance astatine the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino successful Las Vegas connected Saturday, May 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
British instrumentalist Ozzy Osbourne, left, and British calved guitarist Slash are served High Tea earlier the Classic Rock awards successful cardinal London, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
Ozzy Osbourne speaks onstage astatine iHeartRadio ICONS with Ozzy Osbourne: In Celebration of Ordinary Man astatine iHeartRadio Theater connected February 24, 2020 successful Burbank, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia )
British stone prima Ozzy Osbourne, left, known for the Gothic and fearfulness themes helium uses successful his act, performs, Jan. 17, 1985 astatine the Rock successful Rio euphony festival successful Brazil. (AP Photo)
Osbourne, who revealed successful 2020 that helium had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, had conscionable reunited with the archetypal Black Sabbath lineup successful July 2025 successful the U.K. for what helium said would beryllium his last concert.
“Let the madness begin!” helium told 42,000 assembled fans astatine the show. Metallica, Guns N Roses, Slayer, Tool, Pantera, Gojira, Alice successful Chains, Lamb of God, Halestorm, Anthrax, Rival Sons and Mastodon besides performed.
Osbourne volition of people beryllium remembered for hits that see “Crazy Train,” “Goodbye to Romance,” “Flying High Again,” “War Pigs,” “Iron Man,” “Fairies Wear Boots, "You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll,” and galore more, but his breakneck manner and headline-grabbing antics made him a household sanction for galore who weren't fans of his music.
Osbourne embodied the excesses of metal. His outlandish exploits included relieving himself connected the Alamo, snorting a enactment of ants disconnected a sidewalk and, astir memorably, biting the caput disconnected a unrecorded bat that a instrumentality threw onstage during a 1981 concert. (He said helium thought it was rubber.)
Osbourne was sued successful 1987 by parents of a 19-year-old teen who died by termination portion listening to his opus “Suicide Solution.” The suit was dismissed. Osbourne said the opus was truly astir the dangers of alcohol, which caused the decease of his person Bon Scott, pb vocalist of AC/DC.
Then-Cardinal John J. O’Connor of New York claimed successful 1990 that Osbourne’s songs led to demonic possession and adjacent suicide. “You are ignorant astir the existent meaning of my songs,” the vocalist wrote back. “You person besides insulted the quality of stone fans each implicit the world.”
Audiences astatine Osbourne shows could beryllium mooned oregon spit connected by the singer. They would often beryllium hectored to shriek on with the song, but the Satan-invoking Osbourne would usually nonstop the crowds location with their ears ringing and a hearty “God bless!”
Osbourne is survived by his longtime wife, Sharon, with whom helium had 3 children – Kelly Aimee and Jack. He is besides survived by his 2 older children from a anterior matrimony with Thelma Riley, girl Jessica and lad Louis.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
