Ozzy Osbourne

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The bat-biting wild-man of rock revealed a tenderer side when he invited a TV crew into his home. A look at the phenomenal success of The Osbournes with comment from wife, Sharon.

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Ozzy Osbourne
born: 03-12-1948
birth place: Aston, Birmingham, England

He became a household figure the following year when his bizarre family life was featured on the MTV reality TV show, ‘The Osbournes’. The show became an overnight hit, and helped lauch the singing career of Ozzy's daughter, Kelly.

In December 2003, Osbourne was rushed to hospital in Slough, England after he was involved in an accident whilst driving an all-terrain vehicle on his estate in Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire. The singer broke his collar bone, eight ribs, and a neck vertebra. An operation was performed to lift the collarbone, which was believed to be resting on a major artery and interrupting blood flow to the arm. Sharon later revealed that Osbourne had stopped breathing following the crash and was resuscitated by Osbourne's then personal bodyguard, Sam Ruston.

While in the hospital, Osbourne actually achieved his first ever UK number one single, a duet of the Black Sabbath ballad, "Changes" with daughter Kelly. In doing so, he broke the record of the longest period between an artist's first UK chart appearance (with Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", number four in August 1970) and their first number one hit; a gap of 33 years.

Ozzy made a full recovery and headlined at Ozzfest for the next three years before announcing his retirement from the event. In May 2007, Osbourne released Black Rain, his first new studio album in almost six years.

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