Ozzy Osbourne: key dates / Photo: Oli SCARFF - AFP
NYSE - LSE
| CMSC | -0.37% | 23.375 | $ | |
| RYCEF | 1.38% | 13.8 | $ | |
| AZN | -2.01% | 90.9 | $ | |
| BTI | -0.68% | 58.265 | $ | |
| SCS | 0.64% | 16.395 | $ | |
| RIO | 0.7% | 72.46 | $ | |
| NGG | -0.63% | 75.63 | $ | |
| GSK | -0.72% | 47.52 | $ | |
| RELX | -1.11% | 39.77 | $ | |
| RBGPF | -0.42% | 76 | $ | |
| BCE | 0.08% | 23.53 | $ | |
| VOD | -2.21% | 12.2 | $ | |
| CMSD | 0.04% | 23.33 | $ | |
| BP | 0.91% | 36.43 | $ | |
| JRI | -0.11% | 13.785 | $ | |
| BCC | 0.28% | 76.235 | $ |
Ozzy Osbourne: key dates
Key dates in the life of legendary British heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne, who died Tuesday at the age of 76 after a battle with Parkinson's disease:
- December 3, 1948: Born John Michael Osbourne into a working-class family in Birmingham, England. Gains his nickname Ozzy in primary school. Leaves school at the age of 15 before working in manual jobs, including as a plumber and at an abattoir.
- 1968: With little experience in music, becomes singer of a Birmingham-based band which will become Black Sabbath.
- 1970: Black Sabbath releases its second and most successful album, "Paranoid", which includes three of its signature songs.
- 1979: Sacked from Black Sabbath for drug and alcohol abuse.
- 1980: Releases his debut solo album, "Blizzard of Ozz".
- 1982: In one of the many unusual episodes for which he becomes infamous, bites the head off a live bat during a concert in the US city of Des Moines, Iowa.
- 1997: Rejoins Black Sabbath.
- 2002-2005: Appears as the doting grandfather in MTV's hit reality show "The Osbournes", about him and his family.
- 2003: Records "13", his first studio album with Black Sabbath after a 35-year absence.
- January 2020: Reveals he has Parkinson's Disease.
- July 5, 2025: Gives a farewell concert with Black Sabbath in his hometown, telling the sold-out crowd: "Thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
- July 22, 2025: Dies at the age of 76.
O.Kouris--AN-GR
