Ozzy Osbourne, the enduring lead singer of Black Sabbath who additionally skilled important solo success and have become a popular culture icon past the worlds of steel and rock music, is lifeless at 76 years outdated.
An announcement from his household reads (as The Guardian notes):
“It’s with extra disappointment than mere phrases can convey that we’ve to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has handed away this morning. He was together with his household and surrounded by love. We ask everybody to respect our household privateness presently.”
A reason for loss of life has not been revealed, however in 2020, Osbourne revealed he was identified with Parkinson’s illness.
Osbourne’s loss of life comes simply weeks after Again To The Starting, the profit live performance that was billed as that includes Black Sabbath’s remaining efficiency. Certainly, it ended up being the final time Osbourne took the stage.
Osbourne mentioned life and loss of life in a 2023 interview with Rolling Stone UK. Reflecting on the deaths of friends like Motörhead’s Lemmy and UFO bassist Pete Manner, he stated, “I ought to have been lifeless method earlier than a great deal of them. Why am I the final man standing? I don’t perceive any of it. Typically I look within the mirror and go, ‘Why the f*ck did you make it?!’ I’m not boasting about any of it as a result of I ought to have been lifeless a thousand instances. I’ve had my abdomen pumped God is aware of what number of instances.”
He added, “I don’t worry dying, however I don’t wish to have a protracted, painful, and depressing existence. (…) At greatest, I’ve bought ten years left and whenever you’re older, time picks up pace.”