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 and wife Sharon are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary on Monday, July 4th.The couple first met when Sharon was only 18 and he was 22.
Her father, Don Arden, was managing Ozzy’s band, Black Sabbath, at the time. Ozzy was fired from the band in 1979 and Sharon began dating the rockstar soon after, in addition to taking over as his full-time manager.
The couple married in an intimate ceremony in Maui, Hawaii in 1982, and have since had three children together: Aimee, Kelly and Jack.
Sharon shared a wedding photo from their nuptials to Twitter on Mother's Day in 2021. They’ve weathered many storms through the years, including one notorious altercation where Ozzy was arrested for attempted murder after he tried strangling Sharon during a drug-fueled haze in 1989.
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