Ozzy Osbourne, Legendary Black Sabbath Rocker-Turned-Reality TV Star, Dies at 76

Osbourne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice — as a member of Black Sabbath and as a solo artist

Ozzy Osbourne, legendary rock star, Black Sabbath frontman and reality TV personality, has died at 76.

“It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,” Osbourne’s family told PEOPLE in a statement on Tuesday, July 22. “He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.”

Weeks before his death, Osbourne performed from a throne at the Black Sabbath farewell concert on July 5 in Birmingham.

In January 2020, Osbourne revealed that he’d been diagnosed in 2003 with Parkinson’s disease, a nervous system disorder that affects movement. At the time, he said, “It’s not a death sentence.”

Despite numerous health challenges over the years, In February 2025, Osbourne announced a farewell fund-raising Black Sabbath concert in his hometown of Birmingham, England, set for July. It would be his final concert and his first in 20 years with the band that made him a star.

By that time, the rocker was unable to walk due to Parkinson’s. In a February interview, per The Sun, his wife Sharon Osbourne said, “He’s very happy to be coming back and very emotional about this. Parkinson’s is a progressive disease. It’s not something you can stabilize. It affects different parts of the body, and it’s affected his legs. But his voice is as good as it’s ever been.”

Osbourne himself elaborated on his condition on his SiriusXM radio show, saying, “I have made it to 2025. I can’t walk, but you know what I was thinking over the holidays? For all my complaining, I’m still alive. I may be moaning that I can’t walk, but I look down the road, and there’s people that didn’t do half as much as me and didn’t make it.”

In 2019, Osbourne had been diagnosed with pneumonia and suffered a fall in his Los Angeles home that required neck surgery. “It’s been terribly challenging for us all, he said of those health setbacks. In June 2022, he underwent a significant surgery — which Sharon said would “determine the rest of his life” during an episode of The Talk UK a week prior. He later told The Observer that the operation was to remove two metal plates that had been screwed into his spine in an earlier surgery.

He returned to the stage in August 2022 for a performance in front of 30,000 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The following month, he spoke to PEOPLE about wanting to continue playing live despite his health issues.

“That’s the only thing that reminds me I’m getting older: things going wrong and not working anymore,” Osbourne said at the time. “But I still feel young at heart.”