Ozzy Osbourne's wild life in pictures
"Looking back, I should have died a thousand times but never did," he said in the 2011 documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne .
"By 12 o'clock in the old days I'd have powder up my nose, f------ s--- in my veins, all kinds of stuff."
The drugs and alcohol also led to domestic violence and abuse.
In an interview with CNN in 2011, Sharon Osbourne spoke of her husband's violent outbursts.
"It was damn pretty scary," she said.
"You're in a house, no neighbors each side, the kids asleep, you know you're on your own, what the hell do you do?"
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