Just weeks after Black Sabbath’s emotional Back to the Beginning reunion, Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76. The heavy metal legend who helped shape the sound of rock passed away “surrounded by love,” according to a statement from his family. His wife, Sharon, and children, Jack, Kelly, Aimee, and Louis, asked for privacy as they grieved their larger-than-life patriarch. Ozzy’s love of his family was undeniable. See some of the sweetest moments of the Prince of Darkness and his family as the world mourns a survivor, musical genius, and icon.
© GettySomebody’s baby boy
Ozzy with his mother, Lilian, on February 23rd, 1986. The rockstar shared this photo on his Facebook earlier this year on the day it was taken. “February 23, 1986 with my mother, Lilian,” he wrote.
© GettyHis first borns
Ozzy at home with his children Jessica and Louis, whom he welcomed with Thelma Riley, on August 19, 1978.
His “Diary of a Madman” album cover
Ozzy’s “Diary of a Madman” album featured his son, Louis, when he was about four years old.
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Ozzy goes no hands to carry his son Jack two weeks after his birth on November 25, 1985.
© GettyA father-daughter bond
Ozzy sticks his famous tongue out at his daughter, Kelly, in 1985.
© GettyTruly iconic parents
Ozzy and Sharon pose with baby Jack at their Home in Hampstead, London, 1985
© eddie sandersonOzzy and Sharon, with their kids Aimee, Kelly, and Jack, at their mansion in Coldwater Canyon, Beverly Hills, California, in March 1997
© GettyNot a regular dad
Ozzy is pictured in a car with an incredibly happy Louis on August 3, 1981.
© Bill Tompkins/Getty ImagesA father-son duo
Ozzy and his son Jack appear on a TV Talk show in June 1993 in New York City.
© GettyThe most iconic photoshoots
Ozzy and Sharon pose with their children Aimee, Kelly, and Jack, in 1987
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