{"id":2392,"date":"2025-07-23T02:10:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T02:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2025-07-23T02:10:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T02:10:44","slug":"ozzy-osbourne-rocks-prince-of-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2392","title":{"rendered":"Ozzy Osbourne, Rock\u2019s Prince of Darkness,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ozzy Osbourne Dies at 76<\/strong><br>Rock icon Ozzy Osbourne passed away peacefully at 76, weeks after his final show with Black Sabbath. His family requested privacy, while Elton John honored him as a \u201ctrue legend\u201d and \u201ctrailblazer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heavy Metal Pioneer<\/strong><br>Born in 1948, Osbourne co-founded Black Sabbath in 1968, becoming the \u201cPrince of Darkness\u201d with infamous stunts like biting a bat\u2019s head off. He once joked, \u201cHe bit the head off a bat,\u201d acknowledging his wild image contrasted with his private life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solo Success and Controversy<\/strong><br>After leaving Black Sabbath, Osbourne released hits like&nbsp;<em>Blizzard of Ozz<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Crazy Train<\/em>. Though sued over \u201cSuicide Solution,\u201d the case was dismissed. His duet \u201cClose My Eyes Forever\u201d was a Top 10 hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legacy and Later Years<\/strong><br>He rejoined Black Sabbath in 1997 and performed his last concert in 2025 for charity. With 100 million records sold and two Hall of Fame honors, Osbourne remains a lasting cultural icon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ozzy Osbourne Dies at 76Rock icon Ozzy Osbourne passed away peacefully at 76, weeks after his final show with Black Sabbath. His family requested privacy, while Elton John honored him as a \u201ctrue legend\u201d and \u201ctrailblazer.\u201d Heavy Metal PioneerBorn in 1948, Osbourne co-founded Black Sabbath in 1968, becoming the \u201cPrince of Darkness\u201d with infamous stunts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions\/2394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}