‘I’m something of a madman... If it’s booze, I drink the place dry. If drugs, I take everything and scrape the carpet for little crumbs’

Se ne va con un inchino il figlio “maledetto” più famoso di Birmingham: Ozzy Osbourne, “The Prince of Darkness”, l'...

The rocker helped define the sound, look and attitude of metal. But his persistence through addiction, his connection to audience and a late-career reality TV show endeared him to…

He pioneered heavy metal, became an unlikely reality TV star and performed a colossal final concert two weeks before his death.

Leader dei Black Sabbath, star dei reality, maestro del macabro e molto di più: addio a un'icona dark assoluta

Having escaped a life of drudgery in Birmingham, Ozzy became the rare rock frontman you could relate to – and then, against the odds, a national treasure

‘I’m something of a madman... If it’s booze, I drink the place dry. If drugs, I take everything and scrape the carpet for little crumbs’

From his desolate wail on Black Sabbath’s doomy 70s masterpieces, to the twisted self-awareness of his huge-selling solo albums, Osbourne’s vocal style influenced generations of…

After Osbourne’s death at 76, the heavy metal greats he inspired remember his pranks, generosity and quadruple brandies – and relive the tears at his farewell show

As the lead singer of Black Sabbath, he helped invent heavy metal. On “The Osbournes,” he presented a comedic counterpoint to his rock ’n’ roll infamy.

Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76. The Grammy-winning Prince of Darkness long struggled with addiction, finally achieving sobriety in 2014.