The legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne left behind an estimated wealth of 335 million Australian dollars (about 163 million pounds), according to the international press. The artist died after a long fight with Parkinson’s disease, ending a spectacular music career that has spread over five decades.
Part of the Osbourne, Kelly, Ozzy and Sharon family. Photo: Profimedia
Ozzy Osbourne also gained recognition outside the musical scene, becoming a television star in the reality show “The Osbournes”, broadcast by MTV. Also, Ozzy founded with his wife Sharon a Heavy Metal, Ozzfest music festival, which attracted millions of fans between 1996 and 2006, according to the British Daily Mail.
A colossal and profitable career
Ozzy became famous in the late 1960s as a soloist of Black Sabbath, one of the founding formations of the Geavy Metal genre, which sold about 70 million albums globally. After being kicked out of the band in 1979, the artist started his solo career, later selling over 100 million discs from 13 albums released.
The Ozzfest festival has proven a gold mine for the artist. According to Celebrity Net Worth, only from the sale of promotional products, Osbourne has earned Australian $ 76 million (about 37 million pounds), while the total income generated by the festival amounts to over 152 million Australian dollars (74 million pounds).
The reality show that brought him a new generation of fans
Launched in 2002 and filmed in his Los Angeles villa, the show “The Osbournes” He presented the daily life of the Osbourne family. The series enjoyed a huge success, being broadcast for four seasons until 2005. Each member of the Osbourne family won about 30,500 Australian dollars (14,800 pounds) per episode in the first season, and subsequently salaries increased significantly, each demanding 7.6 million Australian dollars (3.7 million pounds) for season two).
The artist was also an active investor in real estate. In 2014, Ozzy bought an apartment in Los Angeles for $ 6.1 million, after having previously sold two luxury residences in California with a total of almost 30 million. In 2015, he purchased a villa in for 18.3 million Australian dollars, and the home made by the MTV show was sold in 2013 for 17.5 million – the buyer being Christina Aguilera.
The Heavy Metal star Ozzy Osbourne died on Tuesday, July 22, just a few weeks after meeting with his colleagues in the Black Sabbath band and held a huge farewell concert for fans.
