Ozzy Osbourne, the storied Black Sabbath rocker known as much for his excesses and onstage antics such as biting off a dead bat’s head as his pioneering heavy metal music, has died WHERE., The gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice of heavy metal, Ozzy Osbourne has died., Ozzy Osbourne reveled in being on stage a final time during his final Black Sabbath concert, just weeks before his death., Ozzy Osbourne, the hellraising frontman of Black Sabbath and reality TV star, has died aged 76., Ozzy Osbourne, heavy metal icon, dies at 76 Known as the 'Prince of Darkness,' the lead singer of the massively influential rock band Black Sabbath, Osbourne reached another generation via the MTV , Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died .