The legendary British artist Ozzy Osbourne has had many pseudonyms over the years, but the nickname that practically stuck to his image is that of the “prince of darkness” (“Prince of Darkness”).
The expression is another name that refers to the devil, used in works such as “Lost Paradise” (“Paradise Lost”), but the nickname was given by fans after launching more “scary” pieces of Black Sabbath, notes BBC News.
In an interview with NME magazine in 2016, Osbourne said the song “Black Sabbath” initially scared some spectators.
“They believed we are Satan's friends or something,” Osbourne said. “Then the whole story began with the” prince of darkness “,” explained the artist at that time.
The famous soloist of the band Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, died on July 22, 2025, at the age of 76, his family announced on a press release on Tuesday.
“With a sadness that words cannot express, we must announce that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne died this morning. He was surrounded by family and love,” wrote his wife and children. The singer, nicknamed the “prince of darkness”, suffered from Parkinson's disease for many years.
The terminals of an impressive career
British Rockstar Ozzy Osbourne (John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne) was born on December 3, 1948, in the British city of Birmingham.
Vocalist, composer and actor, Ozzy was noted as a vocal soloist of the British band Black Sabbath. His unmistakable voice, the lyrics with topics less addressed by the bands until then, such as occultism, the dark atmosphere of the music described as a “dark blues”, propelled the band's debut album, Self-Titled, in the eighth position in the Billboard charts of 1970, writes Agerpres.
The second Black Sabbath album with Ozzy at the voice, entitled “Paranoid”, released in September 1970, climbed first in the British charts, hits such as “Iron Man”, “War Pigs” or “Paranoid” being considered defining for the genus Heavy Metal.
In 1979, Ozzy left Black Sabbath, after eight years and as many discographic achievements.
He chose a solo career, which has been successful.
Under the title Ozzy Osbourne, he released 11 studio albums, the first seven receiving multiple platinum discs. In 2013, Ozzy was returning to Black Sabbath, to record the album “13”, which would reach the first position in the top of the UK albums and bring to the British a Grammy award for the song “God is Dead?”. In total, Ozzy has three Grammy awards.
Gathered, the Albums Black Sabbath with Ozzy at the voice and his solo were sold in over 120 million copies worldwide, according to the official Facebook page of the artist.
As a member of Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne was included in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and for his entire activity in the UK Music Hall of Fame. At the 2014 edition of the MTV Europe Awards, the Global Icon title was awarded. A year later, he was distinguished by the British Academy of Composers and Texters with the Ivor Novello Award.
In the early 2000s, he was the protagonist, together with his wife Sharon and two of their children, Kelly and Jack, of the Reality show “The Osbournes”, broadcast by MTV.
In October 2018 he was undergoing hand surgery due to an infection. In February 2019 he was hospitalized as a result of a flu that worsened. In April 2019, the British rocker postponed all the concerts he had scheduled in his 2019 tour, after a fall suffered in March in his residence in Los Angeles, where he spent convalescence after a pneumonia, AFP informed.
In January 2020, Ozzy Osbourne revealed that she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, informs Press Association. At the beginning of 2020, the musician released the album “Ordinay Man”, the first one after a decade.
In February 2021, the artist declared, in a video conference granted to the Latin-American press on the occasion of the launch of the biographical documentary “The Nine Lives of Ozy Osbourne”, that he is “the most fortunate man in the world,” EFE. “I am a very conscious person and I am concerned about my audience. I am a lucky man in the sense that I had a long career and I enjoyed the support of the public,” Osbourne said about the documentary launched in September 2020 in the USA and that could be watched in Latin America on March 15 on A&E.
“Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne” presents details about Ozzy's childhood in poverty and abuse, but also about the time when he arrived in prison. Information is revealed from the backdrops of Black Sabbath, but also about how Ozzy has managed to be so great in the solo career.
Later, the British artist reinvented as a reality show MTV in the show “The Osbournes”, becoming a global star. Osbourne's confessions, which review in front of the 72 -year -old camera, are combined with statements of family, close and colleagues in the show world.
The documentary produced by Osbourne Media and Critical Content for a Network, was filmed in difficult times for the musician, said his son, Jack, who is also the director of the film, because it also includes moments in which the famous rockstar learned that he suffers from Parskinson's disease. “For me it was difficult to film the obscure part of the documentary and live it at the same time. The film was made when they gave it to suffer from Parkinson and it was a strange and scary moment for him,” assured Jack Osbourne.
During the video conferencing, Sharon Osbourne and Ozzy gave evidence of unconditional love and talked about their love that lasts over 50 years. “To meet Sharon was the most beautiful thing that happened in my life,” the artist said. “She transformed me into a completely different person and made me value life and simple things,” confessed the artist, nicknamed “the prince of darkness”.
In August 2022, rocker Ozzy Osbourne was the protagonist of a surprise on stage, in his hometown, Birmingham, during the 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, DPA/PA Media.
The musician, born in the Aston area of Birmingham, held an explosive show with his members of his band Black Sabbath, guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Tommy Cluftos and bassist Wakeman.
Fireworks and applause broke out when the first “paranoid” agreements, one of the successful songs of the band, were heard. “Come on, we go crazy,” Osbourne urged the crowd, while the band performed the famous agreements of the hit “Iron Man”.
At the end of the brief representation, the artist added: “Thank you, good night, you are the best, God bless you all! Birmingham forever!”
In October 2024, Ozzy Osbourne next to Cher and Mary J. Blige entered the rock pantheon, during a ceremony organized at Cleveland, Ohio, a city where the dedicated Rock & Roll Hall of Fame museum, AFP said.
The last concert of Rocker Ozzy Osbourne with his band Black Sabbath took place on July 5, 2025, in Birmingham and the tickets were exhausted in just 16 minutes informed AFP. The concert was broadcast online. The concert took place at Villa Park, the stadium of the Aston Villa football team, and several important names from rock music, including Metallica, Guns N 'Roses, Tool and Slayer participated.
Ozzy Osbourne, who revealed in 2020 that she was diagnosed with the Parkinson's disease, met on stage with her colleagues, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, for the concert entitled “Back to the Beginning” in this city in central England, where the Black Sabbath band was established in 1968.
This was the first concert of the British band after a 20 -year break and was the last for Ozzy Osbourne.
Fans who could not buy tickets were able to console themselves with the broadcast of the online concert, which was transmitted with a two -hour gap. All the revenues obtained from the concert are to be donated to several charities, including for Cure Parkinson's and the Birmingham Children's Hospital.
The Black Sabbath band, a true legend of rock music, has sold over 75 million albums worldwide and is considered a pioneer of the heavy metal style.
For Ozzy Osbourne, this concert marked the end of his scenic career, as confirmed for his wife for the BBC. “It will be his final point,” says Sharon Osbourne.
