Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years

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Photos: Ozzy Osbourne through the years

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Rocker Ozzy Osbourne celebrates his 65th birthday on Dec. 3, 2013. Keep clicking to see photos of him through the years. Here, Osbourne is on stage at the second annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards held at Club Nokia on April 8, 2010, in Los Angeles.

British heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne screams inside a bar, with an electric guitar mounted on the wall behind him, 1980s.

Rock musician Ozzy Osbourne embraces his fiancee, Sharon Arden, in Los Angeles on Dec. 21, 1981.

Heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne is held by MTV executive producer Julian Goldberg (left) and MTV VJ J.J. Jackson, circa 1982.

Rock star Ozzy Osbourne is shown in 1982. Osbourne allegedly bit the head off a bat during his concert at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa.

In this Jan. 17, 1985, file photo, British rock star Ozzy Osbourne performs at the Rock in Rio music festival in Brazil.

Ozzy Osbourne performs for a sold-out crowd at the Live Aid concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985.

Ozzy Osbourne performs for a sold-out crowd at the Live Aid concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985.

Ozzy Osbourne performs for a sold-out crowd at the Live Aid concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985.

Ozzy Osbourne, once the madman of heavy metal, has become a family man, has given up drugs and drink although he admits he's still having trouble with the latter, Feb. 24, 1986. The reformed singer has three children with his present wife and two children by a previous marriage.

The legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne hides behind a scarf while exposing smiling faces on his knees at a visit to Nirvana Penthouse restaurant in New York on March 17, 1987.

This is a 1995 photo of singer Ozzy Osbourne.

Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne is featured performing in concert on the PBS series "On Tour," a showcase of pop and rock/alternative music, in August 1997.

Singer Ozzy Osbourne headlines the OZZFEST tour July 22, 2000, in Camden, N.J.

Singer Ozzy Osbourne headlines the OZZFEST tour July 22, 2000, in Camden, N.J.

Singer Ozzy Osbourne and wife Sharon Arden kiss at the premiere of New Line's "Little Nicky" on Nov. 2, 2000, at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.

Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne, perform live at the ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on April 7, 2001.

Ozzy Osbourne at "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" at the NBC Studios in Los Angeles on Oct. 12, 2001.

Ozzy Osbourne at "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" at the NBC Studios in Los Angeles on Oct. 12, 2001.

Paul McCartney and Ozzy Osbourne at "The Howard Stern Show" in New York City on Oct. 18, 2001.

The Osbournes, Ozzy (left), Sharon, Jack, and Kelly are shown in this undated photo. MTV officials said March 4, 2002, that Ozzy Osbourne, the heavy metal rock star and his family are the subject of a new MTV series, "The Osbournes."

Carson Daly with Ozzy Osbourne and the rest of the Osbourne family on TRL at the MTV Studios in New York City on March 19, 2002.

Ozzy Osbourne with WWF wrestler Triple H during a press conference to announce the Ozzfest 2002 lineup and partnership with the WWF at the WWF/World Theater in Times Square in New York City on March 21, 2002.

Musician Ozzy Osbourne (center) kisses wife Sharon as daughters Aimee (left) and Kelly look on during the ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 12, 2002, in Hollywood, Calif.

Heavy metal music performer Ozzy Osbourne (center) poses with musicians Marilyn Manson (left) and Robbie Williams during the ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 12, 2002, in Hollywood, Calif.

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Rocker Ozzy Osbourne celebrates his 65th birthday on Dec. 3, 2013. Keep clicking to see photos of him through the years. Here, Osbourne is on stage at the second annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards held at Club Nokia on April 8, 2010, in Los Angeles.

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