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‘People screamed. Cried. Threw up’: 10 extraordinary life lessons from Ozzy Osbourne’s new memoir

The man who ended up smoking 30 cigars a day after trying to quit cigarettes also comes across in his book as level-headed, self-aware and savagely funny. Here’s what the late rock legend can teach us about addiction, fame and how to choose just the right support act

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Ozzy Osbourne was 'thrilled and delighted' by Judas Priest collaboration

Ozzy Osbourne got to hear Judas Priest's cover of War Pigs featuring his own vocals before his death and was "thrilled and delighted" by the song.

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“It’s Sharon’s song. One of her favourites. Lemmy wrote it with the two of us in mind”: Just before he died, Ozzy Osbourne revealed the song that made him cry during the Back To The Beginning gig

All the emotion came out during Ozzy’s solo set at Back To The Beginning

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Sharon Osbourne was looking forward to retirement with Ozzy

Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon Osbourne was looking forward to retiring from showbusiness and spending quality time together prior to his shock death just weeks after his Black Sabbath reunion gig.

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Sharon & Ozzy: Coming Home review – An accidental, and intimate, final goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne

5/5 The BBC’s documentation of the late Black Sabbath frontman’s return to England becomes a deeply emotional farewell: a funny, bittersweet, and quietly devastating portrait of a rock icon in his final act

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Watch the wholesome trailer for new BBC documentary Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, which airs later this week

The hour-long film airs on October 2 and chronicles the Black Sabbath singer and his wife/manager’s move from the US to the UK

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“We were like Dime and Vinnie and the Van Halen brothers combined… Then when everything went down, I found out that we were not as close as we thought”: Max Cavalera on Sepultura’s bloody roots, the rise of Soulfly and how metal became the family business

Max Cavalera takes GW back to the beginning in Brazil and the search for a sound more brutal than anyone, the bitter splits and blessed reunions, and what comes next for Soulfly and Cavalera

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“As soon as he hit the stage, everything changed.” Farewell to Ozzy Osbourne: Metal's first - and greatest - icon

How heavy metal's original madman became a global icon

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"What does it feel like to be a legend?!?": An awkward encounter with a grumpy, nicotine-craving Ozzy Osbourne

After Black Sabbath's triumphant reunion shows in 1997, a nervous young writer was granted an audience with the Prince of Darkness and his cohorts

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BBC announces rescheduled Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home documentary will be broadcast on October 2

Airing of documentary focussed on last chapter of Ozzy's life was delayed at the request of his grieving family

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"There was just Ozzy and me at my own private show in the middle of a desert": I took photos of Ozzy Osbourne for decades – these are some of my favourite memories

Ross Halfin, who photographed Ozzy Osbourne for nearly 50 years, reflects on his time spent with the late Prince Of Darkness

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Air date revealed for BBC Ozzy Osbourne documentary after delay out of ‘respect’

Ozzy Osbourne died aged 76 on July 22.

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“Ozzy forever, man”: Yungblud wore Ozzy Osbourne’s necklace during tribute performance at the VMAs last weekend

The 28-year-old had a piece of the Prince Of Darkness with him when he sang Crazy Train, Changes and Mama, I’m Coming Home in New York on Sunday

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MTV VMAs: Yungblud reveals personal tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

Yungblud had the late Ozzy Osbourne "with" him at the MTV VMAs on Sunday (07.09.25).

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“I was starstruck when I first met Ozzy. He said he had ‘a good feeling’ about me. He just encouraged me to play with my heart”: Gus G on growing up on Black Sabbath, playing with Ozzy Osbourne – and why Tony Iommi’s style was the hardest to master

Gus G reflects on a life-changing moment when he joined the likes of Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde as one of the few to be chosen by Ozzy as his shredder-in-chief

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"How pathetic and out of touch you've become." Jack Osbourne issues scathing response to Roger Waters after comments about his father Ozzy

Jack Osbourne lets loose on Waters after the former Pink Floyd man disses Ozzy during an anti-media diatribe

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"He was all over the TV for hundreds of years with his idiocy and nonsense": Roger Waters takes media to task for Ozzy Osbourne coverage, Jack Osbourne responds

Jack Osbourne doesn't hold back after Roger Waters disses Ozzy during anti-media diatribe

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Rage Against the Machine star reflects on meeting Ozzy Osbourne weeks before his death

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello believes Ozzy Osbourne knew he was close to death during his final Black Sabbath performance in Birmingham. Osbourne, aged 76, died on 22 July, just two weeks after the farewell show at Villa Park, which Morello helped curate. Fans who watched the live-streamed…

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Ozzy Osbourne 'knew' the end was coming

Tom Morello is convinced Ozzy Osbourne "knew" he was reaching the end of his life when he decided to get Black Sabbath together for one final gig.

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Ozzy Osbourne: A celebration of a lifetime in rock - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Mick Ralphs, Warren Haynes, Glenn Hughes, Harem Scarem, Walter Trout, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse and more

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“They were unfairly dismissed by critics and listeners with ‘good taste’ as mindlessly primitive”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Black Sabbath's Iron Man

Following Ozzy's passing, we put one of Sabbath's best-loved tracks under the musical microscope

The Independent UK

Rod Stewart’s AI Ozzy Osbourne tribute shows that just because you can, doesn’t mean you should

STATE OF THE ARTS: Stewart’s tacky video shows the late Black Sabbath frontman taking selfies in heaven with other music legends who have passed away, writes Micha Frazer-Carroll. Is that really what the Prince of Darkness would have wanted?

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'Final chapter' of Ozzy Osbourne's life to be showcased in BBC documentary

The BBC documentary Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home will follow the late Black Sabbath icon during the final years of his life.

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Man charged in connection with theft of flowers from Ozzy Osbourne tribute

Parviz Jafari, 45, is accused of stealing flowers from Broad Street in Birmingham following the death of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne.

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Ozzy Osbourne’s life ‘set to be charted in at least two rival documentaries’

After his death last month aged 76, Ozzy Osbourne’s life is reportedly set to be charted in at least two rival documentaries.

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