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Ozzy Osbourne Dead At Age 76

Rock N' Roll True Stories | January 2, 2026



Ozzy’s family announced his passing today with a statement that read His “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.”

News of Osbourne’s passing emerged just over two weeks after the ailing front man reunited with Black Sabbath’s original lineup—Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward—for a triumphant farewell show at Birmingham’s Villa Park on July 5. It also featured a number of other bands who were inspired by black sabbath including Guns N’ Roses, Alice in Chains and Metallica. The event drew a crowd of 45,000 fans to the stadium and was watched online by another 5.8 million people worldwide.

At the concert ozzy told the audience “You’ve got no idea how I feel,”sitting on a leather throne because he could no longer stand, his mascara smeared by tears. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

Ozzy’s wife Sharon revealed this past february that Ozzy was unable to walk because of Parkinson’s disease, but the diagnosis wasn’t affecting his voice.

Ozzy battled other health issues including undergoing repeated spinal surgeries. Osbourne was blunt in past interviews how drugs and alcohol reaked havoc on his health and he singled out his wife for saving his life.

Born John Michael Osbourne in Birmingham in 1948, Ozzy’s journey from a working-class kid to a global icon was just incredible. He dropped out of school at 15, and after a few odd jobs, he co-founded Black Sabbath in 1968. The band’s 1970 self-titled debut album completely shook the music world. Its dark, heavy, and powerful sound created the blueprint for what would become heavy metal. With game-changing albums like ‘Paranoid’ and ‘Master of Reality,’ Black Sabbath didn’t just find a following; they built a whole new world. But the band’s wild lifestyle, and especially Ozzy’s struggles with addiction, led to him being fired in 1979.

That wasn’t the end, though—far from it. It was actually a new beginning. Ozzy kicked off an unbelievably successful solo career, starting with the 1980 album ‘Blizzard of Ozz.’ Powered by hits like “Crazy Train,” the album made him a solo legend. Between his work with Black Sabbath and his own releases, he went on to sell over 100 million records worldwide. Then his career took another unexpected turn in the early 2000s with the MTV reality show, ‘The Osbournes.’ The series, which showed the chaotic daily life of his family, turned the ‘Prince of Darkness’ into a surprisingly lovable TV dad, winning over a whole new generation of fans.

Ozzy’s life was a story of bouncing back, reinventing himself, and pure, undeniable talent. His impact on music and pop culture is impossible to measure, a legacy that will keep inspiring artists for generations to come.

Share your favorite Ozzy Osbourne song or memory down in the comments. Let’s celebrate the incredible life of a man who gave so much to rock and roll. And don’t forget to subscribe for more stories about music’s greatest legends. Ozzy Osbourne’s music and his unbreakable spirit will live on forever. Thanks for the memories, Prince of Darkness.

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  4. @karengarrison3666

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    RIP Ozzy, you are now in the company of Angels 😇.
    Forevermore, you will be honoured as we play the stupendous body of work you left behind for us all.
    Rest easy now, you're out of the pain that trapped you for so long ✝️💜

  5. @jackcrow5997

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    RIP Ozzy I remember one hot summer night in the late 90s up all night partying with friends. And just before the sun came up someone played See You On the Other Side and no one talked everyone just listened to the whole song. Awesome times.

  7. @derangedhermit2879

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    In about 1984, my baby sitter John was a burn out that was the coolest dude ever, saw me playing guitar with my monster mash record & he dug through my dad’s old record collection & played Black Sabbath for me, & it completely blew my mind, & altered the course of my life. As I transitioned from The Monster Mash to Black Sabbath at 7 years old! I dove headfirst into all the Black Sabbath Albums in my father’s record collection while fooling around with his old hardtail stratocaster & precision bass, plugging straight into the console stereos tube receiver ruining several tower speakers. When my baby sitter saw I was obsessed, he brought over cassette tapes of Ozzy Osbourne’s entire catalog that I recorded onto tapes, & the live album Speak of the Devil completely mesmerized me, & I shared them with all of my friends, & I hard wired a 1/4 guitar plug into the tape head wires of a boombox and used to jam with my cousin that picked up the bass, & buddy whose dad had a saxophone at our other buddies house whose older brother had a drum set in the garage, & I daisy chained a huge network of speakers to be heard over the drums, that I had the most amazing magical tone. I took guitar lessons & learned power chords & eventually how to play Iron Man, Paranoid, Sweet Leaf & NIB, but struggled mightily with the Randy Rhoads tablature books, in 1987 the Tribute album came out & blew my mind & broke my heart when I realized that Randy Rhoads had been dead since 1982. I bought an old PA & speaker cabinet & and bought distortion pedal, our little rag tag band played a loud jazz rendition Iron Man at our 5th grade end of the year talent show assembly, accompanied by a saxophone & my step sister on vocals was the Iron Man! & we beat a group of breakdancing kids rapping LL Cool J’s song, I’m Bad. & played an encore of Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze to wrap up the show. By the 9th grade we were winning high school battle of the bands against seniors with full grown adults in their grunge & punk bands, by playing Megadeth’s Holy Wars, Metallica’s Orion, Pantera Walk, Sepultera Refuse Resist, & Black Sabbath’s War Pigs, & Rush’s Limelight. By the time we were seniors we were playing Miles Davis Bitches Brew, Rush & Jeff Beck songs, tragically a few of my old music buddies that dropped out & got heavy into drugs & drinking before we could become rock stars. 41 years later I am still digging trough my dads record collection that I inherited, collecting hard tail Stratocasters, & jamming with jazz metal fusion buddies, & struggling with Randy Rhoads, & chasing that old tube & transistor tonal sweet spot, with a huge swirling network of rotary speakers robbed from old organs…Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads & Toni Iommi have been huge musical influences that altered the course of my life, & Black Sabbath remains my favorite band…The tribute-cover band project Brown Sabbath with the horn section particularly appeals to me, & it’s a really a shame that they weren’t heavily featured at the final Black Sabbath show…🎷

  14. @jimglass3106

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    He loved us as much if not more than we love him. Lemmy,Ronnie,Randy and Ozzy probably have a lot of catching up to do and the jams will be MASSIVE! R.I.P.

  15. @tracycrawford3577

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    I loved everything Ozzy has done.He has been my all time favorite for 40 plus years cannot choose. I feel like I have lost a family member.Ozzy is and always will be an icon (legend in every way).

  16. @davidallen2432

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    I was fortunate enough to have seen him with my Mother for the free tickets to Ozzfest or Freefest as it was also called in Michigan 2007. Got sprayed with water from THE Ozzman upon the stage. Best of times🤘👌

  17. @noobaccount5063

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    Crazy train was the song that got me into more mainstream metal. I’ve always loved ozzy not just for his music but for his character and humility, not to mention his invaluable contribution to music as a whole, he didn’t just reinvent metal he WAS metal, truly the greatest of all time.

    Rest in power, prince of darkness

  20. @dugdigg7385

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    I really enjoyed the Ozzfest tours. I attended every one of them in Boston over the years. RIP legend… "I guess that we'll meet, we'll meet in the end." Goodbye to Ozzy.

  23. @scottfreedom9845

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    The first song I heard was crazy train on the live Randy roads tribute album. My love of his music, including the sabbath stuff just spread like fire after that. I couldn’t find a bad album, anything I played gave me joy. R.I.P. we love Ozzy.

  25. @derekwilhelm1555

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    Possibly my favorite moment was when ozzy n his family made a cameo on the austin powers movie forget which one but man it wouldn’t be the same if they made those movies today just because i strongly believe today’s generation is too soft n would not get the humor

  27. @jesterr7133

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    I'm still processing it. It seemed like Ozzy would be around forever. He once said that "he would fucking die" the second he stopped performing. I guess he knew it was time to go. I am grateful that he was able to say goodbye the way that he wanted to, and I'm glad he got the send off he deserved.It's going to be strange not having Ozzy around. He became ubiquitous in American culture in a way that few people ever do. RIP to the Prince of Darkness

  32. @dixierae3442

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    I'm curious to hear everyones favorite Ozzy with Sabbath or Ozzy Solo song.
    I really dig Rock 'n' Roll Doctor. I love his bluesy rock kinda raw vibe. 💣🖤🤘🏼🫶🏼

  33. @jayluck8047

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    For those wondering what to listen to, I think “Hero” encapsulates what I’ve always thought of Ozzy. It seems to me to be a confession, is more upbeat and lighter than most of his songs, with the final lyric of, “Please don’t go.” hitting harder today.

    Thank you Ozzy, for all the years of entertainment.

  35. @dixierae3442

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    I'm not sure why people are devastated by Ozzy's passing. Ozzy lived every bit of life to the foolest. He did everthing and took it as far as it would go.
    His health was failing terribly, he could know longer stand on his own a life was was rapidly loosing it's joy.
    I am so greatful that Ozzy was able to say goodbye in the coolest possible way.
    I wear my old faded Ozzy tattoo proudly and with devotion to the most iconic front man in heavy metal history. 🖤🩶🤍
    I set an old stereo up on my patio and plan on blasting Ozzy 🧨💣 and celebrating his memory 🤘🏼🥳 until I work my way thru every song he ever sang 🎤 or someone calls the coppers, 👮🏼‍♀️ whichever comes first. 😏😉

  37. @michaelsantangelo7997

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    The first album I ever bought was "We Sold Our Soul for Rock and Roll" by Black Sabbath. Brought it with me when I met the band at a signing in 1999 to go along with their final tour with all 4 original members. RIP Ozzy.

  43. @jaydoubleu3419

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    The man the legend Ozzy told circus magazine that him and Jake e Lee used to watch bizarre xxx movies together and after. It was over Ozzy says to his guitar player let’s go to kfc and get laid lol

  46. @g.jvaughan1556

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    I’ve been a Sabbath fan since ten years old; just awful news today… my personal favourite Ozzy album is a less common one: Black Rain. The crushingly heavy title track and Countdown’s Begun, fantastic deeper cuts like Trapdoor and Almighty Dollar… very, very underrated album from the Godfather himself!!

  48. @starkillerclub3755

    January 2, 2026 at 1:13 am

    My first concert was Ozzy (Bark at the Moon tour) with Motley Crue (Shout at the Devil) opening
    Seen him again on The Ultimate Sin tour with Metallica (Master of Puppets) opening,
    and I was at the original Ozzfest for the first year Black Sabbath reunited!🤘

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