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Incredible fortune Ozzy Osbourne leaves behind and his very generous donation before death

Incredible fortune Ozzy Osbourne leaves behind and his very generous donation before death

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Ozzy Osbourne died on Tuesday at the age of 76 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease - leaving behind a fortune believed to be in the region of £163 million
The Prince of Darkness leaves behind a fortune fit for a king. Ozzy Osbourne reportedly died with £163million in wealth and assets following an impressive decades-long career. The Black Sabbath frontman died on Tuesday at the age of 76 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.

Ozzy's loved ones announced the sad news in a statement, telling fans: "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time."

Thanks to his era-defining music career and savvy business moves, Ozzy died with millions in the bank. But the heavy metal icon spent his final weeks raising a record-breaking amount of money for charity thanks to his farewell gig in his hometown of Birmingham earlier this month.

Ozzy made his fortune thanks to his time in Black Sabbath and his later solo work but also thanks to a lucrative stint as a reality TV star and the founder of the festival Ozzfest.
The Osbournes, the MTV reality TV series that paved the way for Keeping Up With The Kardashians, premiered in 2002 and ran for four seasons until 2005. It's reported that each member of the Osbourne clan made £14,800 an episode for the debut season. By the second season, the family were making £3.7 million due to the show's success.

Away from the entertainment world, Ozzy was also a savvy real estate mogul and snapped up a number of properties across the UK and America. Ozzy and his family made a tidy profit on the LA mansion that featured in their reality TV series, originally purchasing it 1999 for £2.9 million before selling it to Christina Aguilera for £8.5 million in 2013.
Earlier this month, Ozzy bid a farewell to fans with a Black Sabbath reunion, telling thousands of heavy metal enthusiasts at Villa Park, Birmingham – a stone's throw from where Black Sabbath was formed in 1968 – that it was "so good to be on this stage" as he performed his last set from a large black throne.

Ozzy and his fellow original Black Sabbath members – Tony Iommi, Terence 'Geezer' Butler and Bill Ward – were the last to appear on stage as part of the star-studded line-up for the Back to the Beginning concert.
The band's final performance in Ozzy's hometown of Birmingham on July 5 is said to have raised £140million for charity. The iconic farewell gig has split its profits between Birmingham Children's Hospital, Acorns Children's Hospice and the Cure Parkinson's charity.
Following the concert, Back To The Beginning director Tom Morello wrote on Instagram: "More than 190 million dollars will be donated to houses and hospitals for children." If the Rage Against The Machine musician's calculations are correct, Ozzy's swansong raised the most money for any charity concert on record when not adjusted for inflation, Billboard reports.

"Ozzy raised 140million for the Children's hospitals and Parkinson's charities, literally Two Weeks before passing away. What a hero," one fan wrote on Twitter (X) in the wake of Ozzy's death being announced. Another added: "To go out in huge style, performing to tens of thousands just before your death, raising millions for charity in the process, well, not many people can say that of their final curtain. What a classy farewell. #ozzy."
A third mourner wrote: "The last thing Ozzy Osbourne did with his talents was raise £140,000,000 for children's hospitals and Parkinson's research. He might have dressed like the Devil, but make no mistake, he loved humanity deeply."
Ozzy was a "working-class lad that made the most of his raw genius", West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker said today. Speaking to the PA news agency at the Black Sabbath mural on Navigation Street, Mr Parker said it was a sad day in the city where the rock legend was from.
He said: "It's a very sad day today, but he's left us with some fantastic memories. He was a man that formed a fantastic band that was shaped by the city, the place he lived, by the furnaces, the factories, the lathes. He used his creative genius to put this city on the global map, and he's left the fantastic legacy."
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