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Introduction

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Early Life

• Full name:John Osbourne Michael
• Born:December England 3, Birmingham, 1948, in
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of Birth Metal Sabbath: The Black

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• Sabbath Black (1970)
• Paranoid (1970)
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Reinvention Solo Success &

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📀 Solo Later Highlights

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Persona Public & Pop Culture

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