Sharon Osbourne Biography

Fast Facts

• After surviving colon cancer, she created the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars Sinai Hospital, which aims to provide patients with at-home care, childcare and access to support groups
• Donated $190,000 to the organization Asian Tsunami Disaster Victims
• Honored by the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation in 2003
• Osbourne's career in music began after dropping out of school at age 15 and working as a receptionist for her father Don Arden, who managed Black Sabbath
• Her childhood dream was to become a professional ballerina
• A wax replica of her resides at Madam Tussaud's House of Wax