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Jack Osbourne Welcomes Baby No. 5, Named After Dad Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy lives on.
Seven months after the Black Sabbath frontman died at age 76 amid his battle with Parkinson’s disease, his and Sharon Osbourne’s son Jack Osbourne welcomed a baby girl with wife Aree Gearhart, and the pair gave the newborn a legendary name: Ozzy Matilda Osbourne.
Included in his March 11 Instagram announcement, Jack revealed that young Ozzy was born on the morning of March 5 and weighed 7 lbs and 12 oz. The newborn even slept alongside a stuffed bat plushie, an apparent reference to when his late dad bit the head off of a bat while performing onstage in 1982.
For her part, Aree shared the video to her Instagram Stories, writing, “Our Ozzy Matilda Osbourne has landed earthside.” Plus, the mother-daughter duo bonded in matching pink pajamas in another snapshot.
Three months earlier, Jack—also dad to daughter Maple, 3, with Aree, as well as daughters Pearl, 13, Andy, 10, and Minnie, 7, with ex-wife Lisa Stelly—announced that he and Aree were growing their family and noted how it was helping him amid the loss of his dad.
“It’s been partly a healthy distraction, partly healing—probably in that kind of ‘full cycle’ category, in a weird way,” he told The Sun on Sunday in December. “It’s very much taken energy out of the grieving side of things and parked in a bit more hopefulness.”
And the 40-year-old confirmed he was able to tell the “Paranoid” rocker—also dad to Aimee Osbourne, 42, and Kelly Osbourne, 41, with Sharon, as well as Louis Osbourne, Jessica Osbourne and Elliot Osbourne with ex-wife Thelma Riley—about Aree’s pregnancy before his death.
“We’re super-excited. It was sort of planned, I should say,” Jack continued. “It was maybe a little earlier than expected.”
He added, “But it’s definitely something that we were wanting to pursue and somehow it happened, miraculously.”
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Jack Osbourne & Aree Gearhart Osbourne
The son of the late Ozzy Osbourne announced on Instagram that he and his wife welcomed their second daughter—his fifth—on March 5 and named her Ozzy Matilda Osbourne after the Black Sabbath frontman.
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Patrick shared a photo of his newborn's hand in his own, which he captioned, "Tag. You're it."
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Mario & Esmeralda Rios
The “Let Me Love You” singer (born Mario Barrett) announced Jan. 26 that he welcomed a baby boy with his girlfriend.
"Doctor Barrett,” the singer captioned a selfie wearing surgical scrubs on Instagram Stories. "Women are God’s greatest creation cuz what I [witnessed] today was ONLY GODS work!"
The R&B singer added, "Healthy baby boy!”
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The 20-year-old shared a picture on Instagram of her face nuzzled up to the newborn moments after delivery, simply writing in the caption, "Best day ever."
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The Little Mix singer revealed on Jan. 17 that she and fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had welcomed their second child together, a baby girl named Alanis Valentine.
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The Hills alum, who announced in July that she had tied the knot with the businessman and was expecting their first baby together, revealed on Jan. 15 that she had given birth to a daughter named Nelle.
“Our girl Nelle is here,” Lo captioned the Instagram post. “She started the year by surprising us two weeks early, but really, she was right on time. Our teeny one is named for her Oma and already so loved.”
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