Remembering the life of Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman who died at 76 Ozzy Osbourne had a legendary career as the founder and lead singer of Black Sabbath, solo artist, and reality TV star. The world lost a legend on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, with the passing of Ozzy Osbourne. A pioneer. A king. The Prince of Darkness. A true architect of heavy metal through his legacy with Black Sabbath and his unforgettable solo career. Ozzy was 76 years old. He had been battling Parkinson’s disease since his 2020 diagnosis, along with complications from spinal injuries sustained in a 2018 News of Osbourne’s death comes via a statement issued by the legendary vocalist’s family, who announced he had passed away “with his family surrounded by love”. “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,” the statement reads. “He was with his family and surrounded by love.” Ozzy Osbourne, the storied Black Sabbath rocker known as much for his excesses and onstage antics such as biting off a dead bat’s head as his pioneering heavy metal music, has died WHERE. Ozzy Osbourne was an English heavy metal vocalist from Marston Green, Warwickshire. After he was fired from Black Sabbath early in 1979, Osbourne formed a solo band (initially known as Blizzard of Ozz) in November of that year with guitarist Randy Rhoads, bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake. Since its inception, the group's personnel have changed frequently. The final lineup included Ozzy Osbourne has died at 76. The legendary rocker was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Black Sabbath and as a solo artist. Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer of the legendary rock group Black Sabbath who did more than maybe any other musician to help shape the dark, hard-partying image of the heavy metal genre — even once biting the head off a bat on stage — died Tuesday at the age of 76, his family announced. “It is with Ozzy Osbourne, heavy metal pioneer, dies at age 76 Ozzy Osbourne, the heavy metal legend who rose to fame in the pioneering group Black Sabbath, has died, his family said in a statement to CBS News. Ozzy Osbourne attending the ceremony where the original line-up of Black Sabbath was inducted into the Rock Walk of Fame at Guitar Center in Los Angeles, California, on November 18, 1992. From the virtuosic Randy Rhoads, who helped shaped Ozzy's early post-Sabbath days, to the likes of Brad Gillis, who served small-yet-crucial roles in the larger Osbourne ecosystem, the Prince of Darkness's list of collaborators isn't short of top tier players. Below, you can find the guitarists who wrote and played on Ozzy’s classic albums and took part in his legendary tours. John Michael (Ozzy) Osbourne, the lead singer of British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, has died at 76, according to Sky News and BBC News, both citing a family statement. Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist. He was the co-founder and original guitarist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot, and the guitarist and co-songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne 's first two solo albums Blizzard of Ozz (1980) and Diary of a Madman (1981). Rhoads was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021. [1] Originally Osbourne reveled in his success as a solo artist when the unimaginable happened, ending the life of his close friend and musical confidante Randy Rhoads. Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76. “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, has died in the UK at the age of 76 Tributes have flooded in from music stars, and read about his wild life Black Sabbath LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jake E. Lee, a former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, was shot and wounded multiple times in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning. Las Vegas police said in an emailed statement that the victim was shot around 2:40 a.m. Tuesday and was taken to a hospital for treatment. No arrests have been made, and the police department said its investigation was ongoing into the shooting, which As Kory Grow of Rolling Stone tells us, the musician was the virtuoso guitar player who shredded on Ozzy Osbourne's first two solo records, and a major part why the Ozzman managed to pick himself up from the slump he'd been in after getting fired from Black Sabbath in 1979. Unfortunately, the pair's creative relationship didn' t last long. Ozzy Osbourne, the founding lead vocalist of Black Sabbath and a leading figure in heavy metal, died Tuesday, July 22.. He passed away "surrounded by love" his family said in a statement released on Tuesday: "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. Randy Rhoads's tragic death is remembered as Ozzy Osbourne reflects on the guitarist's legacy and how he shaped his solo career.
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