Fans around the world have been mourning Black Sabbath lead singer Ozzy Osbourne as a musical legend - but for many, the 76-year-old's passing also marked the loss of an early 2000s reality television icon.
Decades after his rise to heavy metal fame, the self-styled Prince of Darkness, his wife Sharon and their two then-teenage children Kelly and Jack starred in MTV's The Osbournes, pioneering what the show's producers describe as a "reality sitcom".
Before the Kardashians and the Real Housewives, there was Ozzy - battling with the TV remote in his Beverly Hills mansion.
Somehow, the blend of ultra-mundane life and spectacular fame worked - the show went on to win an Emmy and run for four seasons, from 2002 to 2005.
"The Osbournes kicked off a wave of celebrity-driven reality TV," Andy Dehnart, president of the Television Critics Association and editor of the Reality Blurred website, told the BBC.











