Ozzy Osbourne

Birth Name:

John Michael Osbourne

Birth Place:

Marston Green, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor, Producer, Music department, Camera department

Was inducted into both the UK Music Hall of Fame and the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the song "I Don't Want to Change the World" in 1994
Ozzy Osbourne was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2020
Before forming his first band, he worked as a construction site laborer, a trainee plumber, an apprentice toolmaker, a car factory horn-turner and a slaughterhouse worker
Ozzy Osbourne performed his final concert with Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years on 5 July 2025
The dark, heavy sound of his band, Black Sabbath, is often credited for developing the heavy metal music genre
Returned the blues and jazz roots of Black Sabbath's first album for his comeback album, "13," which became the band's first album to hit number 1 on the U․S․ charts
Got over 15 tattoos, including the letters O-Z-Z-Y across the knuckles of his left hand
Published an autobiography called "I Am Ozzy" in 2009

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