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.
had various health battles over the past few years and has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. He added of his current health: ‘The surgery I had knocked the c**p out of me.
But I broke my neck in a quad bike accident [in 2003] and when that healed it squeezed my spinal column, so I was getting all kinds of weird things happening to me. ‘I’d be on stage and I’d suddenly get a sharp shock down one side of my body.’His wife, Sharon Osbourne, 68, recently had to quarantine away from Ozzy after she contracted coronavirus.
Sharon revealed she had a ‘brief’ stay in hospital before the pair were reunited for the New Year once she had received two negative tests.
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