{"id":145635,"date":"2025-07-22T15:42:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T22:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=145635"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T22:42:28","slug":"heavy-metal-icon-and-pop-culture-legend-ozzy-osbourne-dies-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/heavy-metal-icon-and-pop-culture-legend-ozzy-osbourne-dies-at-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy metal icon and pop culture legend Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world of heavy metal is mourning, as<strong> Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong>, the legendary<strong> Black Sabbath<\/strong> frontman, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at the age of 76 after a long battle with Parkinson\u2019s disease. His family shared that he passed surrounded by love, asking fans for privacy during this tough time. Just two weeks before his passing, Ozzy performed at the \u201cBack to the Beginning\u201d festival in<strong> Birmingham<\/strong>, the city where it all started for him and Black Sabbath.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visegrad24\/status\/1941799595400405045\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfb8 Ozzy Osbourne says goodbye to the stage<\/p>\n<p>The 76-year-old rock legend gave his farewell performance at a charity festival in Birmingham. Joined by the original lineup of Black Sabbath, they played songs from their debut album. Battling Parkinson\u2019s disease, Osbourne sang seated\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uI76COnfTk\">pic.twitter.com\/uI76COnfTk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visegrad24\/status\/1941799595400405045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ozzy\u2019s health challenges began years ago, with a <strong>Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis<\/strong> announced in January 2020. He officially retired from touring in February 2023, citing spinal injuries from a 2018 fall. Despite trying to retire from music since 1992, he always found his way back to the stage. The most recent event was the band\u2019s last concert on February 4, 2017, also in Birmingham. That show had the same name as their final album and tour, \u201cThe End.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1947726060239355912\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;He was with his family and surrounded by love.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The family of Ozzy Osbourne released a statement announcing the death of the music icon Tuesday at the age of 76. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZlvN2Od55K\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZlvN2Od55K<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OkpyS7GIm6\">pic.twitter.com\/OkpyS7GIm6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1947726060239355912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even in his later years, Ozzy continued making music. He dropped two solo albums, \u201cOrdinary Man\u201d in 2020 and \u201cPatient Number 9\u201d in 2022, both hitting top spots on the charts. He also became a pop culture legend thanks to his reality TV days. Ozzy leaves behind his wife and five children, but most of all, he leaves behind a huge legacy and influence that spans different decades and artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of heavy metal is mourning, as Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary Black Sabbath frontman, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at the age of 76 after a long battle with Parkinson\u2019s disease. His family shared that he passed surrounded by love, asking fans for privacy during this tough time. Just two weeks before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":145636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386,2264],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-145635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"category-entertainment"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145635"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=145635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}