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Between Black Sabbath<\/a> and his solo career, Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> became one of the most famous frontmen in hard rock history. Here’s a look back from 1969 through his death in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n Just weeks before, Osbourne had starred in a all-star farewell concert topped by a final performance<\/a> with Black Sabbath in their hometown of Birmingham. Osbourne revealed he had Parkinson’s disease in 2020, some 17 years after first being diagnosed. “It’s not a death sentence,” he said before releasing two more studio albums<\/a>.<\/p>\n By the time he appeared at that final show, however, Osbourne was singing from a throne. “Parkinson’s is a progressive disease,” his wife Sharon Osbourne said earlier in 2025<\/a>. “It’s not something you can stabilize. It affects different parts of the body, and it\u2019s affected his legs \u2013 but his voice is as good as it’s ever been.”<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Ozzy Osbourne’s 10 Craziest TV Moments<\/a><\/p>\n Osbourne’s solo career happened out of the blue when he was fired<\/a> from Black Sabbath for excessive substance abuse. He soon hooked up with rising guitar wunderkind Randy Rhoads<\/a> for Blizzard of Ozz<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n That arguably brought him greater fame \u2013 and more<\/a> than his share<\/a> of controversial<\/a> moments<\/a> \u2013 than he enjoyed in Black Sabbath, with whom he periodically reunited. Along the way, he went from being perceived as responsible for societal ills to a much-loved celebrity.<\/p>\n He had several commercial peaks and valleys but Osbourne remained in the public eye. He even became a reality TV star in the ’00s with the success of MTV’s The Osbournes<\/em>, which brought us inside his life with his wife Sharon<\/a> and their children, Jack and Kelly.<\/p>\n The gallery below reflects every side of Osbourne that we saw, from album covers to concerts to red-carpet moments with his family.<\/p>\n Between Black Sabbath and his solo career, Ozzy Osbourne became one of the most famous frontmen in hard rock history. Here’s a look back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nOzzy Osbourne Year by Year Photos: 1969-2025<\/h2>\n