Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne

Don Arden died in a nursing home in Los Angeles and Sharon brought his body back to London, but was said to be too upset to attend the ceremony at a Jewish cemetery in Manchester, reports the Daily Mirror.

A family friend at the funeral was reported as saying: "As you can imagine Sharon is very upset about her father’s death and was simply too traumatised to attend the funeral."

Don, who died at the age of 81, had overseen the careers of acts like the Small Faces, the Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath, fronted by Ozzy Osbourne.

He was renowned for his violent temper and estranged from X Factor judge Sharon for 20 years, after they fought to manage her husband Ozzy.

But Sharon was reconciled with her father in 2002, after he developed Alzheimer’s Disease.
Sharon Osbourne’s dad dies - July 24 2007
Sharon Osbourne’s music mogul father, Don Arden, has died at the age of 81.

The infamous rock manager oversaw the careers of acts like the Small Faces, the Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath, fronted by Ozzy Osbourne.

He was renowned for his violent temper and estranged from his daughter for 20 years.

Sharon fought her father to manage her rock star husband.

Arden was one of the most prominent figures in the pop business of the 1960s and 1970s.

He was dubbed The Al Capone of Pop and The English Godfather for his threatening business techniques.

His methods were alleged to include beatings and knee-cappings, and he once got his "heavies" to dangle an entrepreneur out of a third-storey window by his ankles for attempting to lure away the Small Faces.

X Factor judge Sharon was reconciled with her father in 2002, after he developed Alzheimer’s Disease.

The star’s spokesman Gary Farrow said Arden died in a nursing home in Los Angeles.

Sharon recently revealed in a TV interview that the psychological scars from her father’s behaviour remained with her.

She said: "I was surrounded by violent people, violent talk, violent behaviour, so there was nothing unusual seeing my dad threatening someone, or brandishing a firearm.

"My father really had a temper. He had a voice which would echo through the entire house. A couple of times he would whack me and he used to yank my hair. I wouldn’t say I was abused and beaten. In those days it was a normal thing."

Sharon gets back her donations - July 23 2007
Sharon Osbourne will be given back a dress, shoes and a set of dog clothes she donated in good faith to a faked BBC phone-in, it seems.

Viewers were told they could win prizes belonging to a famous couple - in this case the X Factor judge and her rocker husband Ozzy - if they called in to answer a question on Red Nose Day, in March this year.

The "winning" third caller was a production staff member - although they didn’t get the items, according to the Daily Mirror.

The BBC has suspended all phone-in and interactive competitions after admitting that six shows, including charity appeals Comic Relief, Sports Relief and Children In Need, had deceived viewers by using fake competition winners for viewer phone-ins.

A BBC source told the paper: "Management is now determined to move on. One good place to start is by returning the items donated by the Osbournes."

Sharon threatens to quit? - July 13 2007
Sharon Osbourne has apparently threatened to quit the X Factor if her act fails to win the next series.

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Biography

Born Sharon Rachel Levy to media mogul Don Arden and his wife Hope, Sharon first met husband to be Ozzy Osbourne at the age of seventeen, whilst working as a receptionist for her father.  When Ozzy was fired from his band, Black Sabbath, in 1979 Sharon leapt at the chance to represent him as a solo artist.  It was Sharon who coordinated a comeback for Ozzy, eventually making him one of the world’s premier metal acts.

Sharon also worked her magic on acts such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Coal Chamber and Motorhead, there are also rumours that she briefly worked with Queen but was sacked by Freddie Mercury.

During their long hours together Sharon and Ozzy fell in love and, in 1982, they were married in Hawaii.  However, it hasn’t all been romance for Sharon, she has stuck by her husband through his drink and drugs problems, which came to a head when her husband tried to strangle her.  Despite everything Sharon has stood by her man and turned her family into a hugely successful media product.

In 2002 The Osbournes aired on MTV.  The show followed the lives of Sharon, Ozzy, son Jack and daughter Kelly as well as their legion of pets as they went through day to day life in California.  An immediate hit The Osbournes immediately launched the family in to the limelight like never before and when Sharon was diagnosed with cancer during the making of the series she insisted filming continue. 

Despite the bad luck that came with the series - both Jack and Kelly developed problems with drink and drugs during that time - there has been a silver lining for Sharon.  Ok, so her self titled talk show wasn’t the hugest success in the US but her role as judge on The X Factor has launched Sharon to a whole new audience while the UK version of her talk show garnered a respectable amount of viewers.

Elsewhere Sharon has set up top rock festival Ozzfest and published her autobiography, Extreme, which sensationally revealed the levels of plastic surgery she has undergone, including lap-band surgery (which reduces the size of the stomach) and detailed her ongoing battle with bulimia.  However, it is her outspoken ways which have seen Sharon hit the headlines time and time again, from hitting out at Chris Tarrant to a fued with Iron Maiden, via bitchy comments to Rebecca Loos and a neverending argument with fellow X Factor judges Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh.
updated March 2007
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