John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, actor and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which he adopted the nickname "The Prince of Darkness".
Osbourne was fired from the band in 1979 due to alcohol and drug problems, but he went on to have a successful solo career, releasing eleven studio albums, the first seven of which were all awarded multi-platinum certifications in the United States. Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions.
Ozzy Osbourne banking on stem cell treatment to get him back onstage
peoplemagazine.co.zaOzzy Osbourne is banking on a stem cell treatment and Pilates to help him manage his Parkinson’s disease. The Paranoid hitmaker has been laid up since badly injuring himself and suffering from pneumonia last year, revealing he had a type of Parkinson’s in January, and scrapping his U.S.
tour last month, to head to Switzerland for treatment. In a joint interview with U.K. TV show Good Morning Britain, Ozzy and his wife and manager Sharon opened up about the rocker’s recovery – revealing he is undergoing stem cell treatment to lessen the effects of Parkinson’s and to boost his immune system. “There’s a professor there (in Switzerland),” Sharon said. “He hasn’t got a cure for Parkinson’s, no one has but what he can do is… he can get Ozzy’s
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