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 felt 'peace and serenity' the night he tried to kill wife Sharon
mirror.co.ukOzzy Osbourne has spoken out about how he was feeling mentally on the night he tried to kill his wife Sharon, in 1989. The 72-year-old Black Sabbath frontman has said the moment he tried to take Sharon's life was "not exactly one of my greatest f***ing achievements." In a new TV documentary being aired in the United States, Ozzy and Sharon have reflected on the "frightening" experience in Biiography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne.
In the series, the couple speak about the moment that Ozzy, who was on several drugs at the time, tried to choke his now 67-year-old wife Sharon.
She said: "We'd had a couple of fights and you can tell it was building to something, you could just feel it. "I just knew it was coming." Sharon went on to sat that
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