Sharon Osbourne
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Osbourne in 2012
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Sharon Rachel Levy 9 October 1952 Brixton, London, England, United Kingdom |
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Music manager, media personality, promoter, businesswoman, television talent competition judge, talk show host, author |
| Years active | 1979–present |
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| Spouse(s) | Ozzy Osbourne (m. 1982) |
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| Website | Official website |
Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy; born 9 October 1952) is an English television host, media personality, television talent competition judge, author, music manager, businesswoman, and promoter, and the wife of heavy metal singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne. She first came into public prominence after appearing in The Osbournes, a reality television show that followed her family's daily life. Osbourne later became a talent show judge on shows such as the British and original version of The X Factor, from 2004 to 2007, 2013, and 2016 onwards. She also was a judge on America's Got Talent from 2007 until 2012.
After the success of The Osbournes and The X Factor, hosting her own chat shows and securing advertising contracts, Osbourne was ranked as the 25th richest woman in Britain on the 2009 Sunday Times Rich List. As of 2008, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, were ranked as the 724th richest people in Britain with an estimated joint wealth of £110 million. Sharon Osbourne is credited with reviving her husband's heavy metal career by founding the summer Ozzfest tour. She is one of five co-hosts of the daytime series The Talk. Osbourne is one of the original hosts from its launch in October 2010. In September 2014, it was announced that Osbourne would become an occasional panellist on the British lunchtime television programme Loose Women as part of the show's relaunch. On both shows, Osbourne and co-hosts/panellists discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip.
Osbourne was born Sharon Rachel Levy in Brixton, London, United Kingdom the daughter of an English Jew, Don Arden (born Harry Levy 1926–2007), who was a music promoter and rock and roll entrepreneur, and his wife Hope. She has a brother David. Osbourne is the wife and manager of Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, and together they have three children: Aimee, Kelly and Jack. After colon cancer claimed Osbourne's friend, Reagan Erin Marcato, who died in July 2002, she told the BBC that she had adopted Marcato's 18-year-old son Robert, but she denied legally adopting him five years later when he was sent to live with his father after a nervous breakdown.
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