Osbourne’s family did not immediately confirm his cause of death, but it follows a yearslong battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne welcomed journalist Celia Walden into their home in 2009 and she has now looked back on the experience

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

“Ozzy and I were sleeping in the back of the bus, and we got woken up by this huge, huge blast,” Sharon remembered. She recalled bassist Rudy Sarzo shouting, “Get off the bus!” while Sarzo added, “We all get out of the bus and we had no idea what was going on.”