Ozzy Osbourne eats a bat | On this day in 1982, Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off of an unconscious bat thrown onstage by an audience member in Des Moines, Iowa, and
Bassist Rudy Sarzo remembers Ozzy Osbourne's bat-biting, 40 years later: 'Sharon knew immediately that she had an opportunity here'
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The debauched world of Ozzy Osbourne - biting bats to Sharon finding him in bed with the nanny | Daily Mail Online
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Woodland Park Zoo Publicly Apologizes for Inviting Ozzy Osbourne to Perform at ZooTunes – The Needling
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Classic Rock In Pics on Twitter: "Ozzy Osbourne bit the head of a live bat at a concert in Des Moines, Iowa, January 20, 1982. https://t.co/3NEl2qaiyN" / Twitter
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Ozzy Osbourne to install bat boxes at Buckinghamshire mansion 40 years after biting head off one - Buckinghamshire Live
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