Ozzy Osbourne, the controversial rock star best known as the frontman of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, sadly passed away at the age of 76 on July 22, 2025. Throughout his life, Osbourne was referred to as the “Prince of Darkness,” and he was infamous for stunts like biting the head off a bat while performing. However, based on old interviews, some speculate that he may have been a Christian on some level.
For background, Ozzy Osbourne’s wife, Sharon, announced on Facebook that the rocker had passed away, saying that he was “with his family and surrounded by love.” She added, “We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.” After his passing, fans reflected on his storied career and one-of-a-kind personality.
While rumors lingered throughout his career that Osbourne was a Satanist, he claimed that he was a Christian in a 1986 interview with Spin Magazine, saying that the world “scares the sh–” out of him and expressing concern and sadness about the human condition, which he described as a “tinderbox.”
In that interview, Osbourne explicitly said, “I’m a Christian,” adding, “I was christened as a Christian.” He clarified, “I used to go to Sunday school. I never took much interest in it because…I didn’t.” Osbourne went on to say that his “idea of heaven” is “feeling good…a place where people are alright to each other.”
Moreover, decades later, self-described celebrity evangelist Dylan Novak posted online about meeting at length and sharing the Gospel with Ozzy and his family. Novak wrote, “In 2014, he told The Guardian he considers himself to be a Christian, but that he doesn’t understand the Bible because it’s in a language he can’t understand.”
Continuing, Novak explained that he presented Ozzy with a personalized Bible, to which the rocker replied, “Is that my name on the cover?” Novak later wrote that Ozzy’s son, Jack, had told him, “Your gift meant more to dad than you know. He wouldn’t go to his hotel room without your gift. He specifically said, ‘Where’s my Bible? I’m not going up without it.’ We had to go back down to find it at his table, and he said, “‘I want the rest of it too. There was a letter too.'”
Novak went on to say that Jack had told him that “Ozzy has had the Bible on his bedside table since being home, and has been showing everyone who comes to visit the ‘Bible that has my name on it!'”
After Ozzy’s passing, Tullian Tchividjian, Billy Graham’s grandson and Christian author, celebrated the rocker’s life online, writing, “Oh Ozzy… you wild, beautiful soul. You gave misfits like me a soundtrack for our lives.” He added, “Beneath the madness was a tender heart that understood pain, and sang it loud. Crazy, Iron Man you—thank you for the honesty, the chaos, the comfort. Rest now, brother. Grace has the final word.”
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