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In a statement to TMZ, the Osbourne family says Ozzy died Tuesday "surrounded by love." The cause of death is unclear.

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00:00Okay, we just put a story up on the website that Ozzy Osbourne has died, 76 years old.

00:07He has had his medical issues over the last few years.

00:11We knew, and we knew he was very sick.

00:13But the family came out with a statement.

00:16The entire family was there at his bedside when he passed this morning.

00:20What a life.

00:21You know, it's wild.

00:22He's 76.

00:23Like you said, he's had health issues for a long time.

00:24It's not surprising, but it is still very shocking.

00:27Because Ozzy Osbourne is somebody that just seemed always so alive.

00:31Just such a larger-than-life presence, like a legend in music.

00:34The godfather of heavy metal.

00:36What an icon, what a legend.

00:37You don't remember, but he, Black Sabbath formed in 1968.

00:43And they kicked Ozzy out of the group because of problems with drugs and alcohol.

00:47And he struggled with that.

00:49But the amazing thing, you don't see a lot, is when somebody leaves a group,

00:55usually they don't do as well.

00:58Sometimes they do.

00:58But Ozzy did.

00:59Especially in those circumstances where he did have a lot of issues,

01:02a lot of things to overcome.

01:03And he just became even bigger.

01:05Thirteen albums.

01:06Yeah.

01:07Grammys.

01:07Millions of albums sold.

01:08He's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice as a member of Black Sabbath and as a solo artist.

01:12Which is amazing.

01:13And he's just such a part of pop culture.

01:15I mean, to music fans, this is an incredible loss.

01:18But biting the head off a bat in 1982, everyone knows that story.

01:22Yeah, which is what I remember.

01:23That's what everybody thinks of.

01:24And even crazier, to younger people, he's the dad from reality TV.

01:29Well, yeah, the Osbournes was...

01:31Kind of pioneered.

01:32The Osbournes really pioneered celebrities.

01:34It did.

01:34It absolutely pioneered.

01:36It set the stage for Eric Hilton.

01:37Eric worked on the show.

01:39He worked on the Osbournes show.

01:40I worked on the show with Jack and Ozzy where they went around the country on a road trip together.

01:44Like a father-son bonding moment.

01:45It was a really great show.

01:46It was on History Channel.

01:48Ozzy was the best.

01:49He was naturally funny.

01:50So charismatic.

01:52He, like, didn't act his age.

01:53When he was...

01:54On his downtime, he was just drawing and sketching.

01:56He loved drawing.

01:57I'm sure we'll see a lot of those in the coming months, which Sharon will release.

02:00But, yeah, it's a huge loss.

02:02The other thing that's really interesting about Ozzy is Sharon.

02:06That Sharon got him clean and really helped manage his career.

02:12I think her dad worked with Black Sabbath and she took over.

02:18And Sharon was...

02:20Sharon was Kris Jenner before Kris Jenner.

02:23She was.

02:24She managed his solo career, kept him functioning enough to become a huge superstar, helped him get clean.

02:30And then, oddly, helped him turn into America's dad.

02:34Yeah.

02:34Which is such an odd thing.

02:36Really odd.

02:37I mean...

02:37And famously, he's known to a lot of people when they think of Ozzy, they think, Sharon!

02:41Yeah.

02:41Yelling her name.

02:42That's what he is to a lot of people.

02:43Absolutely.

02:44And they had some few separations, bumps in the road, but they stayed together until the end.

02:50It really was.

02:52Yeah, what a loss.

02:54My name is Ty Wilson.

02:55I'm in Denver, Colorado.

02:56And it's just such a tragedy to see a monolith in media go like this, from television to live performance to music.

03:05Ozzy Osbourne really changed the game in every way he could.

03:08He did.

03:09He did.

03:09And I had the...

03:10I once saw them at a Thanksgiving dinner, the whole family, at a hotel.

03:16I brought my parents there, and they were there.

03:20And I had more fun just watching them at that table.

03:24It was...

03:24They were a loving, loving family.

03:27They were a loving family.

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