Osbourne, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019, performed while seated on a giant leather throne topped with a bat.

A ‘working class kid from Aston’

“When I was growing up, if you’d have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of 60, with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and California, I wouldn’t have put money on me. No f—ing way,” he once said.

Ozzy Osbourne (right) formed Black Sabbath alongside bandmates Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward. Source: Getty / Chris Walter/WireImage

In 1968, Osbourne joined guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward and bassist Geezer Butler to form Black Sabbath. They released their debut, self-titled album two years later.

In 1982, Osbourne had an infamous encounter with a bat thrown on stage by a fan. He always insisted he thought it was a toy until he bit into it, realised his mistake and rushed to hospital for a rabies shot.

Ozzy Osbourne performing in 2022. Source: Getty / Harry How

The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, and won two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance, along with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

“I’ve done some bad things in my time. But I ain’t the devil. I’m just John Osbourne: a working-class kid from Aston who quit his job in the factory and went looking for a good time,” he said in a 2010 biography.

Osbourne married his manager, Sharon Arden, in 1982. Source: Getty / Greg Doherty

In 2002, Osbourne won legions of new fans when he starred in US reality TV show The Osbournes, featuring the singer alongside his family, wife Sharon and two of their children, Kelly and Jack.