{"id":3883,"date":"2025-07-22T18:19:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/rock-legend-ozzy-osbourne-dies-at-76\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:19:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:19:39","slug":"rock-legend-ozzy-osbourne-dies-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/rock-legend-ozzy-osbourne-dies-at-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Legend And Black Sabbath Frontman Ozzy Osbourne Dies At 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2020\/12\/SC13-1608419365.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" alt=\"Ozzy Osbourne\"><\/figure>\n<p>Days after staging what were advertised as his farewell live performances as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne died today (July 22) at the age of 76 after struggling with significant health issues for many years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,\u201d the Osbourne family said in a statement. \u201cHe was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/every-black-sabbath-albums-ranked\/\">Every Black Sabbath Album, Ranked<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/every-paramore-album-ranked\/\">Every Paramore Album, Ranked<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/post-animal-answers-the-question-whats-a-good-life\/\">Post Animal Answers the Question: \u201cWhat\u2019s a Good Life?\u201d<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On July 10, Osbourne announced an Oct. 7 release for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/ozzy-osbourne-second-memoir\/\">second memoir<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Last Rites<\/em>, from Grand Central Publishing\/Hachette Book Group. The book will include the artist\u2019s thoughts on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/ozzy-osbourne-black-sabbath-last-show\/\">Back to the Beginning concert<\/a>, which raised a reported $200 million for charity and featured the first Black Sabbath performance with its original lineup in 20 years. A Tania Alexander-directed documentary, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/02\/ozzy-osbourne-new-documentary\/\">No Escape From Now<\/a><\/em>, is also in production and expected to be released this year.<\/p>\n<p>Although it never reached the commercial heights of its peers, Sabbath became one of the most influential bands in rock during its Osbourne era, which ended unceremoniously with him being fired for drug- and alcohol-related issues in 1979. Osbourne then embarked on a hugely successful solo career that yielded dozens of hits well into the current decade, and he was inducted last year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist after first being enshrined with Black Sabbath in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, his place in the hard rock pantheon was so deeply felt that his wife and manager Sharon set up an entire touring festival based on it dubbed Ozzfest. The event ran on and off from 1996 to 2018 and bridged the generational divide between Black Sabbath and contemporary acolytes such as Slipknot, System of a Down, Linkin Park and Incubus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never felt comfortable about that title that they put on me \u2013 \u2018metal.\u2019 Because Ozzy Osbourne plays heavy, but the bands that are [considered metal] are\u00a0<em>really\u00a0<\/em>heavy, and we\u2019re all put in the same category,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2023\/12\/ozzy-osbourne-interview\/\">told SPIN in 2023<\/a>. \u201cWhen you get pigeonholed with a certain [genre], it can be very difficult to do something a bit lighter or an acoustic track or whatever you want to do. Back in the day, it was always just rock music. It\u2019s still just rock music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As David Marchese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/page\/14\/?s=%22ozzy+osbourne%22\">wrote for SPIN in 2012<\/a>, \u201cBlack Sabbath was the first rock band to get over on trying to scare the shit out of you. Others (Led Zeppelin, Blue Cheer) were making sinister, heavy music before Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward got together in Birmingham, England in 1969. None of those other bands were as committed or singular in their bleak vision. From the start, Sabbath emitted no light. That was for others to do. The band\u2019s self-titled first album was released in 1970, and in sickly and unnatural colors its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/d\/da\/Black_Sabbath_debut_album.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cover\u00a0<\/a>shows a witch-like figure in front of a desolate country house. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=akt3awj_Ah8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eponymous first song<\/a>\u00a0opens to whispering rain, a tolling bell and a slow, creeping guitar riff. Then Ozzy enters. He sings as if he has no soul to lose. He could be the dead-eyed henchman in some Vincent Price movie. He could not wail virtuoso-style like Robert Plant or Ronnie James Dio. Instead, Ozzy sounded plainly human \u2014 or as if he remembered what it was to be one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just can\u2019t believe it! My dear dear friend Ozzy has passed away only weeks after our show at Villa Park,\u201d Iommi <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tonyiommi\/status\/1947754865062727971\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s just such heartbreaking news that I can\u2019t really find the\u00a0words. There won\u2019t ever be another like him. Geezer, Bill and myself have lost our brother. My thoughts go out to Sharon and all the Osbourne family. Rest in peace, Oz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps both in spite of and thanks to past antics such as biting the heads off of birds and bats and snorting a line of ants in the presence of Motley Crue as if they were cocaine, Osbourne connected with new generations of fans thanks to the 2002 launch of the MTV reality show <em>The Osbournes<\/em>, which became an overnight sensation for its no-bolds-barred look at the family\u2019s unconventional dynamic. Osbourne also launched his own channel, Ozzy\u2019s Boneyard, on SiriusXM in 2012 and frequently appeared on its shows to champion new artists or discuss whatever was on his mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality show wasn\u2019t anything different than our regular life, because that\u2019s the way we are anyway,\u201d Osbourne told SPIN of <em>The Osbournes<\/em> in 2023. \u201cWe didn\u2019t become the Osbournes that you see just for the show. That\u2019s the way we are, and all they did was take funny bits out of it. Every family with kids has [something] that other people will find funny, but we\u2019re just in showbiz and entertainment. I\u2019m a rock\u2018n\u2019roller, my wife\u2019s a manager \u2014 she\u2019s always been surrounded by entertainment people \u2014 and the kids were born into it. We\u2019ve always been a very close-knit family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite health issues that eventually made it impossible for him to stand for extended periods of time or even walk, Osbourne enjoyed a late-career renaissance with the Andrew Watt-produced albums <em>Ordinary Man<\/em> (2020) and <em>Patient Number 9 <\/em>(2022), which won multiple Grammys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSad to hear Ozzy died today,\u201d Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PearlJam\/status\/1947736337538322683\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cWhen I was in high school I discovered Sabbath. \u2018War Pigs\u2019 was terrifying and mesmerizing at the same time. It was Ozzy\u2019s voice that took me away to a dark universe. A great escape. Then when The <em>Blizzard of Ozz<\/em> record came out, I was instantly a fan. Luckily I got to play on the song \u2018Immortal\u2019 on the last record. Thanks for the music, Ozzy. It makes our journey in life better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSandler\/status\/1947747532508987836\" target=\"_blank\">Added actor Adam Sandler<\/a>, who cast Osbourne in a cameo as himself in the 2000 film <em>Little Nicky<\/em>, \u201cwhether we were in our basements with our brothers, in the woods with our buddies, in the car, at a keg party,\u00a0on a boat,\u00a0at football practice, at a sleepover \u2014 nobody was more badass to crank up on our speakers than the one and only prince of darkness, Ozzy Osborne!\u00a0Loved him a lot like we all did! Sending love to the family and so happy to have spent time with the legend himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have lost a legend,\u201d KISS\u2019 Paul Stanley <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PaulStanleyLive\/status\/1947740681520484489\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cFrom Sabbath to <em>Blizzard<\/em> and onward, Ozzy has impacted countless bands and that will not end. KISS was humbled to be an opening band for Sabbath in the mid-\u201970s. Through decades I\u2019ve known him, Ozzy has always been a kind and very funny soul. Fly high now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKinda lost for words here,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DefLeppard\/status\/1947747254443643009\" target=\"_blank\">wrote Def Leppard<\/a>. \u201cWe toured with Ozzy in \u201981 and he, the band and Sharon were SO supportive. He always had time for a chat, took us under his wing and showed us how and how not to party.\u201d \u201cToday we lost one of the wildest souls to ever walk this Earth,\u201d added actor Danny Trejo. \u201cOzzy<strong> <\/strong>wasn\u2019t just the Prince of Darkness, he was pure light to those of us lucky enough to meet him. A heart bigger than any stage he ever rocked. My heart goes out to Sharon and the kids. Save me a seat backstage up there, carn\u00e1l. Love you forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days after staging what were advertised as his farewell live performances as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne died today (July 22) at the age of 76&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[355,6,357,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-black-sabbath","category-news","category-ozzy-osbourne","category-pushly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}