Ozzy Osbourne

==Early life==
John Michael Osbourne was born at Maternity Hospital in [[Marston Green]] on 3 December 1948,<ref name = "Allmusic-Weber" /> and grew up in the [[Aston]] area of Birmingham.<ref name = "Allmusic-Weber" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Cannon|first=Matt|date=2018-08-07|title=Ozzy Osbourne's birth certificate reveals his first home in Birmingham - and it's not in Aston|work=[[Birmingham Mail]]|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/ozzy-osbourne-home-aston-birmingham-14999205|access-date=2021-11-01}}</ref> His mother, Lilian (née Unitt; 1916–2001), was a [[Lapsed Catholic|non-observant Catholic]] who worked at a [[Lucas Industries|Lucas]] factory.<ref>''I Am Ozzy'', page 6</ref><ref name="Oseary">{{Cite book |last=Oseary |first=Guy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzcJAQAAMAAJ&q=%2522lucas%2522+%2522factory%2522+%2522ozzy+osbourne%2522 |title=On the Record: Over 150 of the Most Talented People in Music Share the Secrets of Their Success |date=2004 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-14-200304-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="times">{{Cite news |title=Time and place: Ozzy Osbourne |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/time-and-place-ozzy-osbourne-8gmdpp937p9 |access-date=2022-09-10 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> His father, John Thomas "Jack" Osbourne (1915–1977), worked night shifts as a [[Tool and die maker|toolmaker]] at the [[General Electric Company plc|General Electric Company]].<ref name="Ozzy">Sue Crawford (2003), "Ozzy Unauthorized"; {{ISBN|978-1-84317-016-7}}</ref><ref name="esquire">{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Ross|title=What I've Learned: Ozzy Osbourne|url=http://men.msn.com/articlees.aspx?cp-documentid=760888|work=Esquire|date=January 2005|access-date=17 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522051642/http://men.msn.com/articlees.aspx?cp-documentid=760888|archive-date=22 May 2008}}</ref> Osbourne has three older sisters named Jean, Iris, and Gillian, and two younger brothers named Paul and Tony. The family lived in a small two-bedroom home at 14 Lodge Road in Aston. Osbourne gained the nickname "Ozzy" as a child.<ref name="I Am Ozzy">{{Cite book|last1=Osbourne|first1=Ozzy|author-link1=Ozzy Osbourne|last2=Ayres|first2=Chris|title=I Am Ozzy|year=2010|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|pages=[https://archive.org/details/iamozzy0000osbo/page/14 14, 84]|isbn=978-0-446-56989-7|url=https://archive.org/details/iamozzy0000osbo/page/6}}</ref> He dealt with [[dyslexia]] at school.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0211/30/pitn.00.html|title= Profiles of Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Norah Jones|publisher=CNN|access-date=20 May 2010}}</ref> His accent has been described as a "hesitant [[Brummie]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=Why is the Birmingham accent so difficult to mimic?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29307916|publisher=BBC|date=12 December 2016}}</ref> At the age of 11, he suffered sexual abuse from school bullies.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Susman|first1=Gary|title=Ozzy Osbourne reveals childhood sexual abuse|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/12/01/ozzy-osbourne-reveals-childhood-sexual-abuse/|access-date=10 March 2018|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=1 December 2003}}</ref> He claims to have attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager.<ref name="RS Encyclopedia">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll |date=2001 |publisher=Fireside |location=New York |isbn=9780743201209 |edition=3rd, rev. and updated for the 21st century}}</ref><ref name="superstar" />

Osbourne left school at the age of 15 and was employed as a construction site labourer, trainee plumber, apprentice toolmaker, car factory horn-tuner, and [[slaughterhouse]] worker. He dabbled in crime as a youngster and was convicted of robbing a clothes shop, but was unable to pay the fine; his father also refused to pay it in order to teach him a lesson, resulting in Osbourne spending six weeks in [[Birmingham (HM Prison)|Winson Green Prison]].<ref name="Ozzy"/> He participated in school plays, including [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[HMS Pinafore]]''.<ref>GQ interview</ref> Upon hearing the first hit single of [[the Beatles]] at age 14, he became a fan of the band and credited their 1963 song "[[She Loves You]]" with inspiring him to become a musician.<ref name="esquire"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/cynthia-ellis/qa-with-jack-osbourne-god_b_865025.html|title=Cynthia Ellis: Q&A With Jack Osbourne for God Bless Ozzy Osbourne|publisher=Huffingtonpost.com|date=26 May 2011|access-date=11 April 2014}}</ref> In the 2011 documentary ''God Bless Ozzy Osbourne'', he said that the Beatles made him realise that "[he] was going to be a rock star the rest of [his] life".<ref>{{cite web|last=Lynch|first=Joseph Brannigan|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/04/25/god-bless-ozzy-osbourne-documentary|title='God Bless Ozzy Osbourne': New documentary presents the life, art, and addiction of the metal madman|work=The Music Mix|publisher=Entertainment Weekly/CNN|date=25 April 2011|access-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429020044/http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/04/25/god-bless-ozzy-osbourne-documentary|archive-date=29 April 2011}}</ref>