Ozzy Osbourne died at 76, just a couple of weeks after his final performance. We've rounded up the best photos from Osbourne's younger years. Ozzy Osbourne played his final concert in July 2025, just weeks before he died. Look back at photos of the late ‘Prince of Darkness’ through the years. LONDON - NOVEMBER 16: Angus Young (L) of AC/DC and Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath clown around after the live final of the UK Music Hall Of Fame 2005, the culmination of the two-week Channel 4 Ozzy Osbourne In His Younger Years: PHOTOS Wild, carefree, and iconic: three words define the legacy of Ozzy Osbourne. The larger-than-life frontman of Black Sabbath and one of the most recognizable names in rock history has died at the age of 76. His family confirmed the news Tuesday morning in a heartbreaking statement. Ozzy Osbourne's death was announced by family on July 22, 2025. See photos of the Black Sabbath vocalist through the years. By the time he appeared at that final show, however, Osbourne was singing from a throne. "Parkinson's is a progressive disease," his wife Sharon Osbourne said earlier in 2025. In the 2011 documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, Osbourne said that the Beatles made him realise that he was going to be a rock star the rest of his life. Osbourne left school at the age of 15 and was employed as a construction site labourer, trainee plumber, apprentice toolmaker, car factory horn-tuner, and slaughterhouse worker. Ozzy Osbourne, the heavy metal legend whose style, persona and unpredictability transcended the music world, died Tuesday at the age of 76. See rare photos of young Ozzy Osbourne during Black Sabbath's groundbreaking years, his solo music career and life with Sharon Osbourne. Known as the Godfather of Heavy Metal, Ozzy Osbourne rose to fame in the 1970s as the frontman of the seminal heavy metal band Black Sabbath, delivering such iconic songs as “War Pigs,” “Iron Man” and “Paranoid.” He embarked on a successful solo career in 1979, earning attention for his outrageous public acts and drawing the ire of conservative groups. Osbourne later garnered a new Archival photos of Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of the pioneering rock band Black Sabbath who became the voice of heavy metal. Osbourne died on July 22 at age 76. This is a photo gallery curated Ozzy Osbourne played his final concert in July 2025, just weeks before he died. Look back at photos of the late 'Prince of Darkness' through the years. Ozzy Osbourne: A Life in Pictures He pioneered heavy metal, became an unlikely reality TV star and performed a colossal final concert two weeks before his death. A young Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy Osbourne married his manager, Sharon Arden (now Osbourne), in 1982. The two share three children: Aimee, 41, Kelly, 40, and Jack, 39. Take a trip down memory lane with these vintage Ozzy Osbourne photos, which offer a look into his younger, wilder years. Ozzy Osbourne helped invent heavy metal with Black Sabbath. He then dragged the genre out of its doom-laden early days and into the glitz and glamour of the 1980s arena rock era, becoming a staple Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne had a long and sometimes tumultuous marriage, so perhaps it’s no surprise that it wasn’t love at first sight when they met when they were younger. In past interviews Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne died on Tuesday, just weeks after reuniting with Black Sabbath for a final show in England. He was 76. Born John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne in Birmingham, England, on Dec. 3, 1948, he found music at a young age, scoring success with Black Sabbath before going solo — and finding love in the process. Ozzy Osbourne with his wife, Sharon, and daughter, Kelly arriving at the Hertfordshire home David Beckham and his wife Victoria for their pre-World Cup party in 2006.
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