Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary heavy metal singer and BLACK SABBAH frontman whose star turn on reality TV endeared him to a new generation of fans, has died, according to the Associated Press. He was 76 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
News of Osbourne’s death comes 17 days after he performed his final show in Birmingham, England, alongside his former Black Sabbath bandmates at the Back to the Beginning benefit concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had also recently announced a new memoir titled “Last Rites,” which was due out Oct. 7 via Grand Central Publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Osbourne was previously diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019 and said in an interview then with “Good Morning America” that it had been “terribly challenging.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s PRKN 2,” his wife Sharon said at the time. “There’s so many different types of Parkinson’s. It’s not a death sentence by any stretch of the imagination, but it does affect certain nerves in your body. And it’s — it’s like you have a good day, a good day, and then a really bad day.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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