Ozzy Osbourne died yesterday morning, surrounded by his family.  He was 76.  There's no word on the cause of death.  Ozzy had just taken the stage about two weeks ago for the Back to the Beginning show.

FULL STORY:  Last week, Kelly Osbourne denied rumors that her father was dying.  And then, yesterday, Ozzy Osbourne did indeed pass away.  He was 76.

There's no word on the cause of death.  Here's the official statement:  "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."

Ozzy's biography is pretty well known by now.  He got his start in Black Sabbath, got fired in 1979, and launched a massively successful solo career. 

Then in the early 2000s, he reinvented himself and made his family just as famous with the MTV reality show "The Osbournes".

Along the way he bit the head off a bat AND a pigeon, snorted a line of ants, and got arrested for peeing on the Alamo while wearing his wife's dress.  He also consumed MASSIVE amounts of mind-altering substances.

He sold 100 million records and he's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame TWICE.  He was inducted as a member of Sabbath in 2006, and as a solo artist last year.

Ozzy's health took a turn for the worse in 2003, following an ATV accident in which he broke his collarbone, eight ribs, and a neck vertebra.  He reinjured his neck in a fall in 2019.

And, of course, he was battling Parkinson's disease, which he was diagnosed with after that fall.