Legendary rock star Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22 at age 76. Over the years, he’s been vocal about his health challenges, specifically his battle with Parkinson’s disease. Here’s everything Ozzy Osbourne through the years Throughout his life, Osbourne was known for crazy antics like eating a live bat on stage, eating a live dove in a meeting with record executives and being jailed 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. The Ozzy Osbourne Years is a compilation album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Released on 2 April 1991 by Castle Communications, the album features a 3 disc set including songs from 1970's Black Sabbath to 1975's Sabotage, minus the instrumental tracks from said albums. Ozzy Osbourne dies just weeks after farewell show The heavy metal star reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates on stage at Villa Park earlier in July. Between Black Sabbath and his solo career, Ozzy Osbourne became one of the most famous frontmen in hard rock history. Here's a look back from 1969 through his death in 2025. Just weeks before Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne, who it was announced yesterday has died, aged 76, gave insights into her life before rising to fame in the band in interviews over the years Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne died on Tuesday, just weeks after reuniting with Black Sabbath for a final show in England. He was 76. Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of the pioneering band Black Sabbath --who became the throaty, growling voice of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76. (July 22) 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 Osbourne's death was announced by family on July 22, 2025. See photos of the Black Sabbath vocalist through the years. First Disc of the compilation The Ozzy Osbourne Years by Black Sabbath in 1991. On many other versions of the album 'Black Sabbath', 'Sleeping Village' is 3:46 in length, but on 'The Ozzy Osbourne Years' track 1-6 is 10:44 long, because Track 1-6 also includes most of the music for the song 'Warning' (6:58). Track 1-7 on 'The Ozzy Osbourne Years' is the outro section of 'Warning' (3:33). Ozzy Osbourne, the wailing Black Sabbath singer-turned-solo act who took the “Crazy Train” from a bleak childhood in working-class Birmingham, England, to heavy metal stardom, has died. He was 76. See Ozzy Osbourne's life in photos as the world remembers the Prince Of Darkness after his death at 78 on July 22, 2025. 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. It’s hard to overstate the influence of Ozzy Osbourne —a man who went from the gritty streets of Birmingham to becoming one of the most iconic and beloved figures in music history. For more than five decades, Ozzy wasn’t just part of the conversation about rock and heavy metal—he was the conversation. His voice, persona, and survival instinct carved out a singular legacy that now lives Ward, Iommi, Osbourne and Butler during a photo shoot in London in 1975, the year Black Sabbath’s sixth album, “Sabotage,” was released. Roger Morton/Cleopatra Records, via Getty Images Ozzy Osbourne sold more than 100 million records worldwide between his solo career and his days as a member of Black Sabbath prior to his death in 2025. The England native got his start in 1967 Ozzy Osbourne’s wild ride from Black Sabbath frontman to solo rock royalty is captured in these unforgettable moments through the years.
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