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BIZARRE: 2 - What They Never Told You

"Smell this! It smells like my childhood!" Bombsites, buttocks, and two encounters with Ozzy Osbourne

Interviewing the Prince Of Darkness was not like interviewing other members of the rock royalty

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Rock Legends Gather As Ozzy Osbourne Is Buried At Family Estate In Intimate Lakeside Farewell

"Don’t cremate me, whatever you do. I want to be put in the ground, in a nice garden somewhere, with a tree planted over my head."

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"I'm always looking for the rainbow I can't find": At the Classic Rock Awards in 2008, Ozzy Osbourne gave one of his most revealing interviews

After picking up the Living Legend Award at the 2008 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour, Ozzy sat down to talk about being Ozzy Osbourne

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Ozzy Osbourne’s cortege makes touching detour past his childhood home

The hearse carrying the singer’s coffin was driven along Lodge Road in Aston en route to Birmingham’s Black Sabbath bench.

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20 years ago, 'Hogan Knows Best' premiered. Read our 2005 interview with Hulk Hogan

They were icons of the 1980s, known for their outlandish exploits onstage and in the ring

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Pluto TV is streaming 'The Osbournes' for free in honor of Ozzy — here's how to watch

Pluto TV is streaming all four seasons of "The Osbournes" right now, in honor of the late Ozzy Osbourne. Here's how to watch, wherever you are.

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Need a fix of The Osbournes? Here's where to watch it in the UK

The groundbreaking reality TV show is still available to stream in the UK

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The Osbournes changed reality TV for ever for better or worse

Ozzy Osbourne leaves behind an iconic music career, but he also helped pioneer a particular brand of intimate celebrity TV

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Sharon Osbourne Once Planned Assisted Suicide With Ozzy — Here's What Really Happened

The Osbournes had been vocal in the past about their end-of-life views, particularly in the context of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.

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Former MTV boss praises The Osbournes' impact on reality TV in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

Former MTV chief Van Toffler, who oversaw The Osbournes on the network, has reflected on the show's impact and Ozzy Osbourne's legacy.

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How Ozzy Osbourne invented modern reality TV: ‘He was the one that took all the risks’

IN FOCUS: The Black Sabbath frontman, who has died at the age of 76, became an unlikely television sensation in the 2000s, with an MTV reality show chronicling his family revealing him to be a funny, sweary, technology-challenged ‘teddy bear’. Kevin E G Perry looks back on a series that…

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The Osbournes changed Ozzy’s image from grisly to cuddly, and changed reality TV

Ozzy Osbourne's image forever changed with the 2002 debut of his family reality show

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“Spend a day in my head and you’d realise how crazy I really am”: A close encounter with Ozzy Osbourne at his LA home, when he revealed the most ambitious project of his life – a rock opera about Rasputin

The legendary singer's prized possessions included John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to Imagine

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Ozzy Osbourne 1948 - 2025

A true musical icon, Ozzy Osbourne was one of the architects of our world, the self-styled Prince Of Darkness who brought joy to millions, and inspired generations of musicians across the globe. We will never see his like again. This is his remarkable story

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Yungblud gifts custom cross to Ozzy Osbourne before farewell concert

Ozzy Osbourne received a gift from Yungblud prior to Black Sabbath's farewell gig.

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Black Sabbath started the metal era, says Sammy Hagar

Sammy Hagar has hailed the impact of Black Sabbath, claiming that the band started the "metal era".

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"Me and Ozzy were a team. I never thought, 'What about me?'" We chat to Sharon Osbourne about growing up in the music industry, her "confrontational" father, feuding with Iron Maiden and Billy Corgan and a whole load more

Sharon Osbourne looks back on a 40-plus year career in the music industry

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"I mean, we got invited to the White House. It’s like, ‘Why the **** do you want to talk to us?!'" Sharon Osbourne on how The Osbournes show grew too big and ridiculous, even for rock's first family

When The Osbournes were invited to the White House to meet The President Of The United States, Sharon suspected the show may have got a little out of control

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The Osbournes producer Cal Boyington dies at 53 after being found unconscious at California home

The 53-year-old was instrumental in transforming reality television during the early 2000s

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“If it had come to fruition, it would have been phenomenal.” Eddie and Alex Van Halen wanted Ozzy Osbourne to front a new-look Van Halen, and Ozzy would have joined if his family's MTV show hadn't got in the way

Alex Van Halen reveals that Ozzy Osbourne was in the frame to front a new look Van Halen at the start of the millennium, and Ozzy says that he was up for it

Homes & Gardens

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's cozy living room transforms dark wood – the built-in bookshelves, velvet sofa, and striped coffee table provide ambiance

Mahogany has never looked as good as in the Osbournes' richly textured living room, it creates the perfect inviting and familial space

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Watch this The Voice Australia contestant cover Britney Spears’ Toxic – with death metal growls!

Britney Spears got a metalcore makeover courtesy of the first-ever extreme metal vocalist on The Voice Australia

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“Movies take forever to make. Forever!” An Osbournes biopic is in development, and Sharon knows who she wants to be played by

A film about the lives of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne is currently being made, with The Prince Of Darkness hoping it’ll be finished in his lifetime

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"Everyone was going mad about Oasis, but I preferred Blur": Jack Osbourne picks the soundtrack to his life

These are the albums and bands that have shaped Jack Osbourne's tastes

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"Family always comes first for me." Ozzy on the Osbournes resurrecting their podcast, their legendary reality TV show and why he's not done with music by a long shot

Ozzy is still hoping to hit the road and bring us a new album next year

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