Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, lovingly called the Prince of Darkness by fans, has passed away at 76. The singer's wife, Sharon, and their children announced his death in an Instagram post shared on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. While the details surrounding his passing were not revealed, the message noted he died "surrounded by love," adding:

In the wake of Ozzy Osbourne’s passing, fans are revisiting some of his most tender moments, including a surprise appearance on "The Talk."

As the wife of Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon had a front row seat to the highs and lows of the rock and roll lifestyle as she reveals why she stayed by the Black Sabbath frontman's side through it all

Legendary metal singer Ozzy Osbourne's affair with hairstylist Michelle Pugh in 2016 forced his wife Sharon, into a drug overdose after she found out that Ozzy Osbourne had cheated on her. It also resulted in the couple briefly separating in the same year.

They were just totally in love and devoted to each other, and that wasn’t for the cameras. That was just who they were.”

Osbourne died this past Tuesday, at the age of seventy-six; his family didn’t announce a cause, but he had previously disclosed that he had Parkinson’s disease. By the time of his death, Osbourne had been doubly transformed by Iommi’s good idea about “evil.

Ozzy Osbourne’s sisters are grieving the loss of their beloved brother. Jean Powell and Gillian Hemming opened up to The Mirror about their sibling, whose real name was John Michael Osbourne, and spoke about the last time they saw and talked to him.

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has said the loss of his bandmate Ozzy Osbourne is "like losing a brother". The pair, who met at school in Aston, Birmingham, before being catapulted into the limelight with Black Sabbath and forging the heavy metal genre,