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Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice 鈥� and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id 鈥� of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76.

鈥淚t is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time,鈥� a family statement said. In 2020, he revealed he had Parkinson鈥檚 disease after suffering a fall.

Either clad in black or bare-chested, the singer was often the target of parents鈥� groups for his imagery and once caused an uproar for biting the head off a bat. Later, he would reveal himself to be a doddering and sweet father on the reality TV show 鈥淭he Osbournes.鈥�

Black Sabbath鈥檚 1969 self-titled debut LP has been likened to the Big Bang of heavy metal. It came during the height of the Vietnam War and crashed the hippie party, dripping menace and foreboding. The cover of the record was of a spooky figure against a stark landscape. The music was loud, dense and angry, and marked a shift in rock 鈥檔鈥� roll.

The band鈥檚 second album, 鈥淧aranoid,鈥� included such classic metal tunes as 鈥淲ar Pigs,鈥� 鈥淚ron Man鈥� and 鈥淔airies Wear Boots.鈥� The song 鈥淧aranoid鈥� only reached No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 but became in many ways the band鈥檚 signature song. Both albums were voted among the top 10 greatest heavy metal albums of all time by readers of Rolling Stone magazine.

鈥淏lack Sabbath are the Beatles of heavy metal. Anybody who鈥檚 serious about metal will tell you it all comes down to Sabbath,鈥� Dave Navarro of the band Jane鈥檚 Addiction wrote in a 2010 tribute in Rolling Stone. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a direct line you can draw back from today鈥檚 metal, through Eighties bands like Iron Maiden, back to Sabbath.鈥�