John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, actor and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which he adopted the nickname "The Prince of Darkness".
Osbourne was fired from the band in 1979 due to alcohol and drug problems, but he went on to have a successful solo career, releasing eleven studio albums, the first seven of which were all awarded multi-platinum certifications in the United States. Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions.
Ozzy Osbourne looks frails using a cane in California after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s last year
thesun.co.ukOZZY Osbourne looks a shadow of his former wild self as he walks with a stick. The former Black Sabbath frontman, 71, was snapped in Santa Barbara, California.
He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019. Talking of retirement, he has said: “You know the time I’ll retire? "When I can hear them nail a lid on my box.
Then I’ll f**king do an encore.” Of his recent diagnosis, Ozzy says: “It’s like, ‘Dun, dun, duuuuun . . . Ozzy’s got Parkinson’s’.
But I actually have a thing called PRKN 2. “It’s not mainstream Parkinson’s like Michael J Fox’s, but a milder form, I’m glad to say. “It affects regular things — like if you get a cold, it could be the Parkinson’s.
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