(originally printed in the Oct 11th edition of the Day in Rock)

Sharon Osbourne RIP
ABC News reports: [Sharon Osbourne is still among the living but ABC is prepared for her demise. A reader sent in a link to an obituary for Sharon on the ABC website. Her life story is there, and the obituary is ready to go as soon as they fill in the date, her age at death and the cause of death. Here is the first part of the obituary, click the full story to read it all.] 

Née Sharon Arden Born October 9, 1953 in London, England XXXX: XX 

Sharon Osbourne, best known as the woman who saved Ozzy Osbourne from himself, XXX today of XXX. She was XX.

Wife and business manager of heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne, a.k.a. the Prince of Bleeping Darkness, Sharon lived in backstage obscurity until her family's wildly popular MTV reality show, The Osbournes, catapulted her to household-name status. Her XXX today of XXX was?. 

Sharon, Ozzy and two of their three teenage children, Jack, 18 and Kelly, 17, played out their chaotic yet happy daily lives for an audience of millions - one episode pulled in 7.8 million viewers, the most for any show in the history of the network. They also won an Emmy award for Best Reality TV Show.

Off-screen, just weeks after negotiating an astronomical $20 million dollar contract for a second season of The Osbournes, Sharon was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The show went on, though, filming throughout her illness and treatment.

Though she struggled with addictions to food, drugs and alcohol, Sharon was known for her business savvy and nerves of steel. Starting in the late 1970s, she hauled Ozzy out of a debilitating drug addiction, took over his career and helped him sell more than 70 million solo albums. When Ozzy was rejected by Lollapalooza, she created the Ozzfest metal tour, which turned out to be the largest grossing group concert in history. Sharon also hatched the idea for The Osbournes and was the family's fiercest contract negotiator throughout.

[the original article has since been removed from the ABC News site]

Sharon shouldn't get upset, not many people get to read their own obituary. 

Screenshot of the obit.

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