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Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, then Arden; born October 9, 1952) is a well-known English music manager and promoter, television personality and presenter. She came into public prominence after appearing in The Osbournes, a reality television show that followed her family's daily life. Osbourne later became a judge on the talent shows The X Factor and America's Got Talent. After the success of The Osbournes, hosting her own chat shows and securing advertising contracts, Osbourne has become the sixtieth richest women in Britain, with an estimated wealth of £100 million.

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Sharon met future husband Ozzy Osbourne at the age of 17 while working in Ipswich as a receptionist for her father, who had been looking to manage Ozzy's band Black Sabbath. When Ozzy was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, Sharon Osbourne took over his management from the Arden organization. Proving to be as hardworking and ruthless as her father, Osbourne coordinated the recruitment of a technically gifted backing band for the recording of The Blizzard of Ozz and, by engaging proven songwriters, helped Ozzy launch what became a highly successful solo career.

A series of high selling albums and world tours followed through the 1980s, eventually making Ozzy one of the world's most popular metal acts. In 1996 she created the successful Ozzfest summer touring festival. It went on to become a prime rock occasion and celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2006. In 2007, she took the decision to make Ozzfest tickets free, as she wanted everyone to have an equal opportunity to attend a concert. The tickets had previously reached prices of £76 ($150).

Osbourne has also managed the bands Coal Chamber and The Smashing Pumpkins. Never one to mince words, in 2000 she made news by severing her relationship with The Smashing Pumpkins and then announcing in a statement: "...I must resign due to medical reasons... Billy Corgan was making me sick!" She also claimed to have briefly worked with Queen before being fired by Freddie Mercury. She has also worked with Gary Moore, Motörhead and ELO. In the late 1990's Osbourne also co-managed a band called Cube, with Cud guitarist Mike Dunphy. Cube were signed to the polydor record label and had limited success.

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Sharon gained celebrity status as one of the stars of MTV's reality show, The Osbournes, which was known nationwide and followed her family's daily life. As the person who negotiated with MTV to screen the show, she is often credited with bringing about her husband's emergence from heavy metal icon into mainstream celebrity. The show began airing in early 2002, and when, in July 2002, Osbourne was diagnosed with cancer, she insisted that filming should continue. The final episode of the show aired in the US on March 21, 2005. MTV's British affiliate has been airing the show since 2003.

The Osbornes' Beverly Hills home made famous on the show has currently been sold and the Osbournes have taken up residence in another home in Beverly Hills. Her Beverly Hills home was later seen in The X Factor during series two. The show saw that Osbourne was responsible for the livelihood of 12 dogs and employs a dog walker named Cherie. From the mid 1990s until the end of The Osbournes in 2004, she was primarily based in Los Angeles with the rest of her family. Osbourne earned an estimated £11.5 million from The Osbournes.

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Osbourne has been a judge and mentor on the UK reality TV talent show The X Factor in 2004, 2005, and 2006 alongside Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh. In the first series she mentored the 16-24's and chose Roberta Howett, Cassie Compton and Tabby Callaghan to represent her in the live rounds of the show. The best placed of these was Tabby, who finished third overall. The final was contested between Simon Cowell's act Steve Brookstein and Louis Walsh's act G4, with Steve winning. Osbourne's outburst against Steve on the night of the final is widely credited with helping him to win, although according to her autobiography he was well ahead at all stages of the voting.

In the second series she mentored the 25-and-overs, and selected Andy Abraham, Brenda Edwards, Chico Slimani and Maria Lawson to contest the final rounds. Andy Abraham finished in second place to Louis Walsh's act Shayne Ward. During this series, the judges were again required to bring the selected candidates to their homes. Osbourne chose her Beverly Hills home as a suitable location, which saw Osbourne inviting her neighbours and husband Ozzy Osbourne to attend live performances by the candidates. During Chico's performance, he jumped into her functioning fountain with a live microphone, splashing water.

Osbourne also appeared in the spin-off show The X Factor: Battle of the Stars. She was not required to choose her celebrity singing contestants but was selected to manage the 16-24's Nikki Sanderson, Matt Stevens and Michelle Marsh. During the show, Osbourne engaged in a feud with contestant Rebecca Loos, due to her recent claim of having an affair with David Beckham. Osbourne insulted Loos, after one of her performances saying, "You should try doing tomorrow's performance with your knickers on because it will help warm up your voice. You have a very bad vibe that comes from you." After the incident, it took a lot of persuading to convince Louis to stay in the competition after being publicly humiliated.

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In series three of The X Factor she was mentoring the 25-and-overs, and selected Ben Mills, Dionne Mitchell, Robert Allen and Kerry McGregor. Kerry and Dionne were voted out in a double elimination on 28 October, Robert was voted out on 18 November and Ben was voted out on 9 December, sending Sharon out of the competition. During the making of series three, Osbourne lived at the Dorchester Hotel in central London. This was not just due to the fire at her house in Buckinghamshire, but also because the hotel is closer to both The London Studios (where The Sharon Osbourne Show was filmed) and The X Factor studio in Wembley.

Osbourne has been criticised for her outbursts on the show, where in Series 3 she spoke out against Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? presenter Chris Tarrant, who was in the show's audience prior to filming. Tarrant had apparently made a joke about Ozzy Osbourne to which Sharon Osbourne took offence, but most of her outburst focused on criticising Tarrant's recent infidelity to his wife Ingrid from whom he was in the process of separating. It was rumoured that Simon Cowell, fellow judge and creator of the show, was displeased with her performance in series 3, and was thinking of replacing her and Louis Walsh for the next series. However, it has been confirmed that Osbourne will be returning for a fourth series of the show, unlike presenter Kate Thornton

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In 2006, UK TV channel ITV1 commissioned a new Sharon Osbourne chat show, initially to be called Mrs Osbourne Presents, but eventually just named The Sharon Osbourne Show. Osbourne signed a deal with ITV for a reputed £2 million.

The show began on Tuesday 29 August 2006, and was scheduled to run for six weeks in the 5 pm weekday timeslot. The premiere episode proved a close competition as the show received 1.9 million viewers with 17% share - 400,000 viewers (and 3% share) ahead of Richard and Judy on Channel 4. Her second show attracted 2.1 million viewers.

However, ratings appeared to decrease after Channel 4 moved its game show Deal Or No Deal, hosted by Noel Edmonds, into the timeslot, with Sharon managing 1.2m viewers compared to DoND's 2.9m. Channel 4's The New Paul O'Grady Show returned on Monday 25 September 2006 with 2.3 million viewers compared to Osbourne's 1.6 million.

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Sharon has recently joined the judging panel on the second series of America's Got Talent, along with Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff, replacing the singer Brandy. The season premiered in the United States on June 5, 2007. In her first episode, Osbourne came into a conflict with Piers Morgan when she felt he judged a child contestant too harshly. She threatened to leave the show in the middle of filming, saying "I didn't sign up for this", but was talked out of it. The incident was shown on air

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Osbourne has appeared as a guest star in an episode of the well-known NBC comedy Will & Grace. She played a bartender in the spring episode "No Sex N' in the City" in 2004.

In October 2004, Osbourne announced that she and husband Ozzy would be teaming up for yet another MTV show entitled Battle for Ozzfest, in which a group of unsigned bands battle it out for a spot on the 2005 Ozzfest tour. She has also co-hosted one of the Royal Variety Performances with Jonathan Ross. Sharon has appeared frequently on Children in Need in order to raise money for charity. In March and April of 2006, Osbourne undertook a short run in The Vagina Monologues in Southampton and Newcastle.

In January 2005 she was selected to feature in an advertising campaign for the UK supermarket chain ASDA. She has also provided a voice for a character in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties. In 2007, Osbourne became the new face of Galabingo when she was featured in advertisements promoting the gambling website. On Friday June 15, 2007, Osbourne will be guest hosting The Friday Night Project with Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr.

Osbourne made a cameo appearance on June 23, 2007 in an episode of the science fiction series Doctor Who. The episode "The Sound of Drums" saw her appearing in a spoof party political broadcast, which featured testimonials from British celebrities such as Osbourne and the band McFly showing their support for Mr Saxon to become Prime Minister

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Sharon Osbourne's autobiography, Extreme, (co-authored by Penelope Dening) was published in October 2005 and tells of her difficult childhood growing up with her father, Don Arden, and also documents the highs and lows of her marriage to husband Ozzy Osbourne, shedding light on areas of her life previously not commented on.

Published by Time WarnerBooks, it went straight to Number 1 on the Sunday Times Bestseller List (UK) where it remained for 15 weeks, selling over 621,000 copies in hardback, becoming the biggest selling autobiography since British records began.[15] "Both the heroic vulgarity and the love are vividly captured in this pungent and distinctive autobiography," opined the Sunday Times, whilst the Irish Times considered it to be "truly unputdownable".

In March 2006 it won Biography of the Year at the British Book Awards. The autobiography has proceeded to sell in excess of two million copies which has become the most successful female autobiography ever.

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In 2002, Sharon Osbourne and husband Ozzy were invited to the White House Correspondents' Association dinner by Fox News Channel correspondent Greta Van Susteren for that year's event.
Sharon Osbourne and Ozzy Osbourne were honoured for their contribution to the music industry at a ceremony in London when the couple won a Silver Chef award.
Osbourne was voted "the most amazing woman of 2003", according to a poll published by a website for women. Sharon took almost a third of the votes cast in the poll by Handbag.com. More than 7,000 votes were cast in a range of categories.
During Osbourne's time battling cancer, she attended an award ceremony to collect a gong for the success of her family's television show The Osbournes. She attended the Creative Arts Emmys in Los Angeles with her daughter Kelly Osbourne, to receive the best reality television show award.
In late 2004, Osbourne attended the Woman of the Year awards in London to collect an award that she had previously won at the 2002 event, but was not able to attend due to illness.
Osbourne has a wax figure of herself at the famous Madame Tussauds.
In 2006, Osbourne's autobiography won Biography of the year at the British Book Awards.

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Sharon was born in Brixton, London, the daughter of Ashkenazi Jewish music promoter and rock and roll entrepreneur Don Arden (born Harry Levy), and his wife Hope, an Irish Catholic. Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, have three children, Aimee, Kelly and Jack.

Osbourne met husband Ozzy Osbourne at the age of 17 while working in Ipswich as a receptionist for her father. They were married in Maui, Hawaii on July 4, 1982. However, their marriage has not been without trouble. Osbourne has described herself as "a beaten woman" in the past, when she was at the hands of her husband Ozzy. The most notorious incident in 1989 when Ozzy was arrested for attempted murder after trying to strangle Sharon in a haze of drink and drugs. After the incident, he spent three months in rehabilitation as a result of his actions. After which, Sharon said she regained her strength in their relationship.

After the death of her friend, Reagan Erin Marcato who died of colon cancer in July 2002, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne adopted her son Robert Marcato, who had been a school friend of Aimee's and Kelly's for six years.

In the Sunday Times Rich List 2006, Sharon was listed as the 44th richest woman in Britain but fell to the 60th richest woman on the list in 2007. Also, in the overall British list, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne appeared together at number 554 with a combined wealth of £100 million in 2006. On the 20 November 2006, Osbourne donated £10,000 to the help a hospice trust in association with This Morning

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In 1999 Osbourne lost 100 pounds (45 kg) after Lap-band surgery (Adjustable Gastric Band). On October 26, 2006, she went on the Howard Stern Show and revealed that she gained 15 pounds in the last year, and that she'll be having her plastic band removed. She claims that she'll consult a psychologist to help her deal with her eating problems.

In July 2002 Osbourne was diagnosed with colon cancer. Later, she announced her cancer had spread to her lymph nodes and was more serious than originally thought. She survived the disease against a 33% survival prognosis. Osbourne's husband Ozzy, admitted that he "fell apart" during her treatment and recovery. However, despite battling cancer, she insisted that the MTV cameras document her illness during the filming of the second season of The Osbournes.

In August 2004, she founded the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars Sinai Hospital. In addition, she was the honoured guest at the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's 2003 Fall Gala, where she spoke of her struggle against cancer. Osbourne has lent her support to design limited edition T-shirts or vests for the 'Little Tee Campaign' for Breast Cancer Care which donates money for breast cancer research. In December 2004, Osbourne made a public announcement, stating that she is still battling bulimia.

She has freely admitted to having extensive cosmetic surgery. When she appeared on Dr. Phil, she commented on everything that had been surgically changed on her body in order to improve her appearance. She stated that she had had a full rhytidectomy, abdominoplasty, mastopexy, as well as many other procedures, but commented that she would not have any surgery performed on her eyes or lips.

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In 2004, Sharon Osbourne's home in Jordans, Buckinghamshire was burgled where a man stole gems worth £2 million. He managed to get away with the gems despite being put in a headlock by Ozzy Osbourne. Items taken during the burglary included wedding rings, an engagement ring, pearl and diamond necklaces, a large 52 carat (10 g) sapphire ring and two pairs of diamond earrings. After the incident, Osbourne appeared on Crimewatch and offered a reward of £100,000 for the return of her valuable jewellery

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In March 2005, there was incident in the Osbourne's mansion in Buckinghamshire, Jordans. Ozzy and Sharon were forced to flee their mansion when a blaze broke out as they slept. They were not injured but had to be treated for smoke inhalation. In 2006 another fire broke out at the Osbourne's mansion; however, none of the family were at home

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Sharon is a very busy lady. She seems to make appearances everywhere! I wonder if she likes yoga? Just recently I was inspired by her to finally pick up the phone and call some plumbers, as I was always worried about money, but now I am carefree. She would also have to make sure she has good document shredders, so that no one sees her personal data.

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Loved Sharon in the Celebrity Apprentice!
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Eating problems could be really bad.

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I agree with Lisadh. She is a great person to have with them. I wonder if she is any good at carpet cleaning or steam cleaning?

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I love watching her on America's Got Talent. She seems like a very nice, sincere person.

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