IT was the craziest start to a love affair that survived against the odds for more than 40 years. Superstar rocker Ozzy Osbourne had been given an envelope stuffed with cash to hand over to Sharon

“Ozzy and I were sleeping in the back of the bus, and we got woken up by this huge, huge blast,” Sharon remembered. She recalled bassist Rudy Sarzo shouting, “Get off the bus!” while Sarzo added, “We all get out of the bus and we had no idea what was going on.”

Ozzy Osbourne and his wife, Sharon Osbourne, once fondly recalled what happened when the Black Sabbath frontman picked up a woman and brought her back to the couple's hotel room

Through Ozzy Osbourne's chaotic rock 'n' roll lifestyle, there was always one constant - his devoted wife Sharon staying by his side

Sharon and Osbourne tied the knot in Hawaii on July 4, 1982 – meaning that they had celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary just weeks before Osbourne’s death. The couple met in 1970 when her father managed the singer’s band Black Sabbath.

Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon would apparently play gross pranks on each other after an argument. The Runaways star Lita Ford was managed by Sharon when she embarked on her solo career so the musician became good friends with her as well as her Black Sabbath rocker husband.