Ozzy Osbourne's cause of death revealed

Ozzy Osbourne dead at 76

British rockstar Ozzy Osbourne died at 76 on Tuesday His family said in a statement to The Sun on Tuesday. ?It 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. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.?

Ozzy Osbourne, the heavy metal icon and reality TV star, passed away from a heart attack, with coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease listed as contributing factors on a death certificate filed in London, according to the New York Times. 

Osbourne passed away at the age of 76 last month.

What we know:

According to Times, the death certificate—submitted by Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter, Aimée Osbourne—lists cardiac arrest and coronary artery disease among the causes of death, and notes that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. His occupation is recorded as "Songwriter, Performer and Rock Legend."

The certificate further specifies that Osbourne died from "(a) Out of hospital cardiac arrest (b) Acute myocardial infarction (c) Coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease with autonomic dysfunction (Joint Causes)," as reported by the Times.

Musician Ozzy Osbourne performs during half-time of the 2022 NFL season opening game between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on September 08, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

Ozzy Osbourne's life and legacy

The backstory:

Born John Michael Osbourne on Dec. 3, 1948, in Birmingham, England, Osbourne would go on to be one of the most prolific musicians in recorded history.

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Once he left school, Osbourne held odd jobs before finding his way into music which would eventually lead him to form the band Black Sabbath and subsequently be nicknamed the godfather of heavy metal, according to IMDB.

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The "Prince of Darkness" rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer for the band, scoring iconic hits such as "War Pigs," "Iron Man," "Paranoid" and many more. But after a tumultuous on-again, off-again relationship with the band, Osbourne would officially leave the group in 1978. He ventured out on his own to become a solo artist in the 1980s.

Even as a solo artist, Osbourne was wildly successful. He produced over a dozen albums, many of which went multi-platinum, according to Rockcelebrities.net.

The hearse carrying the body of Ozzy Osbourne is seen near the Black Sabbath Bridge bench on Broad Street in Birmingham, as the Black Sabbath frontman's body is brought back to his home city for a procession following his death last week aged 76. (Ph

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Osbourne would eventually team back up with his old bandmates on several occasions in the late 90s and early 2000s. Black Sabbath was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 and the band is still credited to this day as creating heavy metal.

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath

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"Black Sabbath are the Beatles of heavy metal. Anybody who’s serious about metal will tell you it all comes down to Sabbath," Dave Navarro of the band Jane’s Addiction wrote in a 2010 tribute in Rolling Stone. "There’s a direct line you can draw back from today’s metal, through Eighties bands like Iron Maiden, back to Sabbath."

Sabbath fired Osbourne in 1979 for his legendary excesses, like showing up late for rehearsals and missing gigs. "We knew we didn’t really have a choice but to sack him because he was just so out of control. But we were all very down about the situation," wrote bassist Terry "Geezer" Butler in his memoir, "Into the Void."

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Osbourne reemerged the next year as a solo artist with "Blizzard of Ozz" and the following year’s "Diary of a Madman," both hard rock classics that went multiplatinum and spawned enduring favorites such as "Crazy Train," "Goodbye to Romance," "Flying High Again" and "You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll." Osbourne was twice inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — once with Sabbath in 2006 and again in 2024 as a solo artist.

The original Sabbath lineup reunited for the first time in 20 years in July for what Osbourne said would be his final concert. "Let the madness begin!" he told 42,000 fans in Birmingham.