The heavy metal legend recently played his final concert on July 5. Ozzy Osbourne, the pioneering heavy metal singer and Black Sabbath frontman whose star turn on reality TV endeared him to a new Ozzy Osbourne, a founding member of Black Sabbath who earned the nickname "Prince of Darkness," died on Tuesday, his family confirmed. Ozzy Osbourne, the hellraising frontman of Black Sabbath and reality TV star, has died aged 76. The news was confirmed via the Associated Press on Tuesday, who included a statement from the Ozzy Osbourne has died at 76, just weeks after his final show with Black Sabbath on July 5. Here's everything to know about the benefit concert and the rocker's parting words to fans from the stage. FILE – This Jan. 13, 2009 file photo shows the Osbournes, from left, Ozzy Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Jack Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne arriving at the FOX Winter All-Star Party in Los Angeles. Ozzy Osbourne Dead at 76 Ozzy Osbourne Dead at 76 By TMZ Staff Published July 22, 2025 11:14 AM PDT Remembering Ozzy Osbourne Launch Gallery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne, the lead singer of British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, has died at 76, according to Sky News, citing a family statement. 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 partner BBC News. He was 76. This is a breaking On July 22, 2025, reports surfaced claiming that Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne had died. The claim was true. According to multiple reputable news sources, the heavy metal legend died at age 76. Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76 'He was with his family and surrounded by love,' a family statement said. Topline Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary frontman of heavy metal progenitors Black Sabbath and a multi-platinum selling solo artist, has died at 76, his family confirmed to the BBC, just weeks after Ozzy Osbourne, the Black Sabbath singer and godfather of heavy metal, died at 76, just weeks after a farewell show at Villa Park. Heavy metal pioneer and reality TV star Ozzy Osbourne has died just weeks after playing his farewell show with Black Sabbath, his family confirmed. He was 76. Ozzy Osbourne 's cause of death is yet to be disclosed by his family. The lead singer of the band, who was known globally as the frontman of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 76. His family confirmed the news through an official statement. Osbourne’s final public appearance was a farewell performance on July 5, 2025, in Birmingham. Family Confirms Ozzy Osbourne’s Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer for Black Sabbath, has died at 76, his family announced Tuesday. Word of Osbourne's demise came weeks after the ailing front man reunited with his original Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, for a triumphant final show in July 2025. Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s heavy metal band Black Sabbath, earned his infamy biting the head off a bat on stage and pursuing a drug-fuelled lifestyle before reinventing himself as a loveable A version of this article appears in print on July 23, 2025, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Ozzy Osbourne, Rock’s Wild Man and Reality TV’s Mild Man, Dies at 76. Osbourne’s wife, TV personality Sharon Osbourne, revealed in February 2025 that Ozzy had contracted Parkinson’s disease and that it had left him unable to walk but “doesn’t affect his As Ozzy Osbourne is set to give his final performance, his wife Sharon is working heavily behind-the-scenes, according to an inside source.
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