Editing Sharon Osbourne (section)

== Early life ==
[[File:Ozzy Osbourne 2.jpg|thumb|Sharon and [[Ozzy Osbourne]] in March 2004]]
Sharon Rachel Levy was born on 9 October 1952 in London, United Kingdom, the daughter of music promoter and rock and roll entrepreneur, [[Don Arden]] (born Harry Levy) (1926–2007) and his wife, Hope (née Shaw, 1916–1999).<ref name="BC">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/sharon-osbourne-222478l|title=Sharon Osbourne Biography: Talk Show Host, Reality Television Star (1952–)|publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (US TV channel)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]]) | access-date= 28 April 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211315/http://www.biography.com/people/sharon-osbourne-222478 | archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="outofthedarkness">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/weekend/story/0,,1966412,00.html |title=Out of the darkness |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=13 August 2007 |first=Emma |last=Brockes |date=9 December 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717060110/http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0%2C%2C1966412%2C00.html |archive-date=17 July 2007 }}</ref>  She has a brother, David.<ref name=brother>{{cite web|url= http://jewishbreakingnews.blogspot.com/2007/10/sharon-osbourne-bans-brother-from.html|title= Sharon Osbourne Bans Brother From Father's Grave|publisher=jewishbreakingnews.blogspot.com|access-date=15 October 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080511061355/http://jewishbreakingnews.blogspot.com/2007/10/sharon-osbourne-bans-brother-from.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 11 May 2008}}</ref> Her mother was of Irish descent and her father was [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi Jewish]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/02/sharon-osbourne-launches-seething-rant-repulsive-jeremy-corbyn-discussing-jewish-dads-torture-army-10673734/|title=Sharon Osbourne rants about 'repulsive' Jeremy Corbyn while discussing Jewish dad's torture in army|last=Karasin|first=Ekin|date=3 September 2019|access-date=3 September 2019|work=The Metro}}</ref>

Osbourne revealed she was surrounded by violence during her childhood and that it was a normal occurrence to see her father threatening someone, or brandishing a firearm.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a63930/osbourne-reflects-on-childhood-trauma.html|title= Osbourne reflects on childhood trauma|date= 3 July 2007|publisher=digitalspy.co.uk|access-date=13 August 2007}}</ref> Osbourne's father managed [[Black Sabbath]] and fired Ozzy Osbourne from the group. Levy subsequently began dating Ozzy, in 1979, and took over his management from the Arden organisation.<ref name="interview:Eminemsings"/> Levy coordinated the recruitment of a backing band ([[Randy Rhoads]], [[Bob Daisley]], and [[Lee Kerslake]]) for the recording of the ''[[Blizzard of Ozz]]'' album and helped Ozzy launch what became a successful solo career.<ref name="interview:Eminemsings"/> Arden resented his daughter for dating Ozzy and managing his career.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news|last=The Guardian|title=Out of the Darkness|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/dec/09/rock.music|access-date=5 May 2011|location=London|date=9 December 2006}}</ref>  In her memoir, Osbourne relates that he had robbed her, once tried to kill her, and once told Ozzy that she had tried to seduce him, to turn Ozzy against her.<ref name="outofthedarkness"/> She soon lost contact with her father and did not speak to him for 20 years.<ref name="DonArdenTelegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=NOLRROPUFAB5NQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/07/24/db2402.xml |title=Don Arden |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=13 August 2007 |date=24 July 2007 |first=Andrew |last=Haldenby |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224051138/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml%3Bjsessionid%3DNOLRROPUFAB5NQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F07%2F24%2Fdb2402.xml |archive-date=24 December 2007 }}</ref> In an interview in 2001, she commented that her father has never seen her children and that "he never will".<ref name="interview:Eminemsings"/> Osbourne had told her children that their grandfather was dead but they unknowingly saw him for the first time when Osbourne was shouting abuse at him on a street in Los Angeles.<ref name="DonArdenGuardian">{{cite news|last=Cartwright|first=Garth|date=25 July 2007|title=Don Arden|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2133861,00.html|url-status=dead|access-date=13 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830182834/http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0%2C%2C2133861%2C00.html|archive-date=30 August 2007}}</ref> When asked who she was shouting at, she replied [[Tony Curtis]].<ref name="outofthedarkness"/> They were reunited in 2001 and he then had a role in their reality show, ''The Osbournes''.<ref name="DonArdenTelegraph" /> In August 2004, Osbourne stated her father had [[Alzheimer's disease]] and she paid for his care in the last years of his life.<ref name="outofthedarkness"/>

Osbourne's relationship with her mother was also damaged. At the age of 17, Osbourne lost her virginity and realised two months later that she was pregnant. By her account, pressure from others, principally her mother, influenced her decision to have an abortion, which Osbourne has described as the biggest mistake in her life.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/testimonies/sharonosbourne.html|title=Abortion – Sharon Osbourne Testimony|work=silentnomoreawareness.org|access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref> While visiting her parents on a later occasion, her mother's dogs attacked her and it was some time before her mother appeared to call them off. She was pregnant at the time and subsequently lost the baby.<ref name="The Guardian"/>  According to a 2009 article in ''The Guardian'', Hope Arden was a cold woman who became even stranger after a serious car accident, something which Osbourne said "unhinged her". When Osbourne was informed of her mother's death, she said "Oh, what a shame" and simply put the phone down.<ref name="outofthedarkness"/>