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Ozzy Osbourne film premiere coming to Birmingham • May 19, 2025, 12:04 AM ET (BBC)
Judas Priest's Rob Halford 'Gutted' To Miss Final Black Sabbath Show • May 9, 2025, 4:54 AM ET (Billboard)
Ozzy Osbourne Will 'Do the Best I Can' at Final Black Sabbath Show • May 2, 2025, 7:28 AM ET (Billboard)

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Awards And Honors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2006) • Grammy Award (1999)
Notable Works “Paranoid”
Related People Ozzy Osbourne

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