Sharon Osbourne

Profession: Housewife superstar
Place/Date of Birth: Brixton, London, 09 October 2020
Associated with: Jack Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne

The Iron man is the Money man! - 26/02/03
Brummie Ozzy and wife Sharon have entered the British rich list straight in at number three.

Their 40 million pound fortune following the success of placing their family in front of MTV’s all seeing eyes, mean that they are well on the nations rich list.

But topping the list is Sir Paul McCartney - you’d have to go a long way to coming close to his ?120 m fortune - possibly you’d need a yellow submarine to catch up, but it might make you a bit paranoid.

Osbournes renew wedding vows - 02/01/03
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have renewed their wedding vows during a New Year’s Eve party.

The couple who were married in 1982, delayed their 20th anniversary celebration because of Sharon’s battle with colon cancer, but on New Year’s Eve the celebrations took place at the Beverly Hills Hotel in front of hundreds of guests.

Sharon wore a cream wedding gown and diamond tiara as her father escorted her down the aisle whilst daughter Kelly was a flower girl.

The 1970s group Village People provided the music.

Osbournes will shave off their hair - 29/11/02
The Osbourne family have said they will all shave there hair off if Sharon loses hers following her Cancer treatment.

So far Sharon’s hair hasn’t thinned much but Ozzy, Jack and Kelly are ready to come out in solidarity if need be. "We’ll be known as the Osbalds," Sharon told People magazine.

The second season of their MTV show has just started over in the states. Brummie Ozzy says he fell apart and started drinking when Sharon’s cancer was diagnosed last summer. "I don’t think I’ll ever be 100% sober," he says. "I can’t stand AA."

Sharon Osbourne fights Cancer - 19/07/02
Ozzy’s wife Sharon Osbourne who underwent colon cancer surgery on the 3rd July has been told that the cancer has spread.

One of two nearby lymph nodes removed during the procedure had since tested positive for cancerous cells, indicating the cancer had spread beyond her colon.

She is to start three months three months of chemotherapy on July 29, she has allowed MTV to film the treatment when shooting resumes for the second season of "The Osbournes"

When she told Ozzy he became hysterical and completely lost it so much that a doctor had to come to the house to sedate him.

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Biography

Born Sharon Rachel Levy to media mogul Don Arden and his wife Hope, Sharon first met husband to be Ozzy Osbourne at the age of seventeen, whilst working as a receptionist for her father. When Ozzy was fired from his band, Black Sabbath, in 1979 Sharon leapt at the chance to represent him as a solo artist. It was Sharon who coordinated a comeback for Ozzy, eventually making him one of the world’s premier metal acts.

Sharon also worked her magic on acts such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Coal Chamber and Motorhead, there are also rumours that she briefly worked with Queen but was sacked by Freddie Mercury.

During their long hours together Sharon and Ozzy fell in love and, in 1982, they were married in Hawaii. However, it hasn’t all been romance for Sharon, she has stuck by her husband through his drink and drugs problems, which came to a head when her husband tried to strangle her. Despite everything Sharon has stood by her man and turned her family into a hugely successful media product.

In 2002 The Osbournes aired on MTV. The show followed the lives of Sharon, Ozzy, son Jack and daughter Kelly as well as their legion of pets as they went through day to day life in California. An immediate hit The Osbournes immediately launched the family in to the limelight like never before and when Sharon was diagnosed with cancer during the making of the series she insisted filming continue.

Despite the bad luck that came with the series - both Jack and Kelly developed problems with drink and drugs during that time - there has been a silver lining for Sharon. Ok, so her self titled talk show wasn’t the hugest success in the US but her role as judge on The X Factor has launched Sharon to a whole new audience while the UK version of her talk show garnered a respectable amount of viewers.

Elsewhere Sharon has set up top rock festival Ozzfest and published her autobiography, Extreme, which sensationally revealed the levels of plastic surgery she has undergone, including lap-band surgery (which reduces the size of the stomach) and detailed her ongoing battle with bulimia. However, it is her outspoken ways which have seen Sharon hit the headlines time and time again, from hitting out at Chris Tarrant to a fued with Iron Maiden, via bitchy comments to Rebecca Loos and a neverending argument with fellow X Factor judges Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh.
updated March 2007
December 2007