Jack Osbourne names newborn baby girl Ozzy in honour of late father
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Jack and his wife Aree Gearhart announced that they welcomed a baby girl, seven months after his father died at the age of 76.
Jack Osbourne is making sure his late father Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy lives on.
In an Instagram post, Jack, 40, and his wife Aree Gearhart announced that they welcomed a baby girl and named the newborn Ozzy Matilda Osbourne, seven months after his father died at the age of 76.
The announcement also revealed that Osbourne’s daughter was born on the morning of March 5, weighing seven pounds and 12 ounces. She was pictured sleeping beside a stuffed bat — a playful nod to the infamous 1982 moment when the Black Sabbath frontman bit the head off a bat during a live performance.
“Our Ozzy Matilda Osbourne has landed earthside,” Aree shared on her Instagram Stories.
This marks Jack’s fifth child and his second with wife Aree, with whom he also shares three-year-old daughter Maple. He is also the father of daughters Pearl, 13, Andy, 10 and Minnie, seven, from his previous marriage to Lisa Stelly.
Ozzy Osbourne died in July at the age of 76, nearly five years after he revealed his diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and just two weeks after his last live performance with the original lineup of the band at Villa Park soccer stadium in their home city of Birmingham, central England.
Jack opened up about the death of his father in a YouTube video in September.
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