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Osbourne (right) in 1973, performing with Black Sabbath alongside Tony Iommi
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The band pose for a group portrait with gold discs (from left): Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler
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In 1975, around the release of sixth album Sabotage
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Performing on stage at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1976
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With Tony Iommi – and firearm – in the Wye Valley, August 1977
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With his fiancee, then Sharon Arden, in Los Angeles, 1981 – the couple married the following year
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Recreating the cover of the Blizzard of Ozz album in the early 80s
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Pictured outside his home in 1982
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Performing at Madison Square Garden, New York, on the Diary of a Madman tour – infamous for the incident where he bit a bat on stage
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His 1984 mugshot, after being charged with public intoxication in Memphis
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With his two-week old son Jack in 1985
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Making a cameo appearance in the 1986 film Trick or Treat with Tony Fields
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A 1991 portrait taken in London
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Performing with Black Sabbath at the NEC, Birmingham, 1997, following their reunion that year
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In 2002, on season one of the MTV reality series The Osbournes, with daughter, Kelly, and son, Jack
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Filming the video for the duet Changes with daughter Kelly Osbourne in Los Angeles, 2003
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With Sharon at the MTV Europe Music awards 2004 in Rome
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In 2016, Black Sabbath bid farewell (from left): Tommy Clufetos (filling in for Bill Ward on drums), Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi
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On stage during rehearsals for the 2019 American Music awards in Los Angeles
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Ozzy and Sharon present an award at the 2020 Grammys
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A portrait for his 2020 album, Ordinary Man, which reached No 3 in the UK and US charts
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Ozzy Osbourne performs during the 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Birmingham
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Jack Black and Ozzy Osbourne speak onstage at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony
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Ozzy Osbourne on stage at his farewell concert: Back to the Beginning, held at Villa Park, 5 July 2025.
Photograph: Black Sabbath/Ross Halfin
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