The Prince of Darkness describes his childhood British village of Aston as a place without much color. "The only flowers we ever saw in Aston were on a coffin going to a cemetery," he told Esquire years ago. As as boy he enjoyed theater in school, but quit at age 15 and began working different trade jobs before doing six weeks in jail for burglary. Soon Ozzy Osbourne would help form Black Sabbath and live happily ever after. 

OK, not quite. Osbourne would be out of the band by 1979. Drug and alcohol problems are to blame for most of his life troubles, and he accepts this. "It was my fate to be who I am and what I am -- I've just been myself. And I've got a great manager," he said about his second wife, Sharon. Fans got an intimate peak at their life when 'The Osbournes' debuted on MTV in 2002.

In 2011, Black Sabbath reunited with the original lineup, but drummer Bill Ward would soon bow out. In 2013, the band released '13,' its first No. 1 album.

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