Ozzy Osbourne, the Black Sabbath singer and Godfather of Heavy Metal, has died at age 76
The unthinkable has happened. Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne died at 76, his family announced.
With heavy hearts, the Osbournes released the following statement:
“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 his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.”
As I fight back the urge to curl into a fetal position and throw the rest of this Tuesday in the garbage, I reflect on the life and times of a heavy metal icon. As the lead singer of Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne pioneered stage and sound in ways some could only hope to dream. With Black Sabbath, Ozzy unleashed classic tracks like “Paranoid,” “War Pigs,” “Iron Man,” and more. He left the band in 1979 to embark on a storied solo career spanning over one dozen albums. You can’t call yourself a metalhead until you’ve climbed aboard Ozzy’s “Crazy Train.”
Though a troubled soul, stories about Ozzy’s commanding stage presence are the stuff of legend. He even bit the head off a live bat by accident in 1982, thinking it was a prop made of rubber.
In the early 2000s, Ozzy, his wife Sharon, his daughter Kelly, and son Jack took MTV by storm with The Osbournes, a reality TV show introducing audiences and fans to an entirely different side of the black-hearted family.
Earlier this month, Ozzy played his final show alongside Black Sabbath at Villa Park in Aston, Birmingham, England. The collaborative concert, titled Back to the Beginning, featured bands like Tool, Halestorm, Gojira, Anthrax, Metallica, Alice in Chains, Pantera, Slayer, Guns N’ Roses, and more, playing music from Ozzy’s exceptional career.
Osbourne played two sets during the celebration, which included performances of the following songs:
Ozzy Osbourne: “I Don’t Know,” “Mr. Crowley,” “Suicide Solution,” “Mama, I’m Coming Home,” “Crazy Train”
Black Sabbath: “War Pigs,”N.I.B.,” “Iron Man,” “Paranoid,”
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