Ozzy Osbourne, Farewell Concert
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Tributes are pouring in from music legends and celebrities after Ozzy Osbourne, the rock and heavy metal icon turned reality show star, has died at the age of 76, according to his family.
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final performance is coming to theaters. The concert film will showcase "the raw power and emotional weight of Ozzy’s final bow in his hometown of Birmingham," according to a statement.
That show came several years after his final worldwide tour in 2018. Osbourne kicked off the North American leg of that tour, the “No More Tours 2” show, at Allentown’s PPL Center on Aug. 30, 2018. The PPL Center show marked his first performance in the Lehigh Valley in more than 25 years.
With tears in his makeup-shadowed eyes, Osbourne, the ailing and retiring frontman for Black Sabbath, raged against the twilight of the metal gods.
Osbourne presided over a bill that gave equal representation to almost every strain of metal that Black Sabbath begat, its diversity illustrating how the band didn’t just make a scene: They forged a subculture.
The late legend is survived by his first wife, Thelma Riley and their children, Jessica, Lewis and adopted son Eliot. With Sharon, he shares kids Aimee, Jack and Kelly - the latter of whom the heavy metal pioneer got to see get engaged to Slipknot's Sid Wilson at Black Sabbath's goodbye show.
After Ozzy shaped the sound of heavy metal, he became a reality TV star. Here's a look back at the iconic moments from his MTV show, "The Osbournes."