India, July 23 -- With the passing of rock music legend and frontman of heavy metal band Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, on Tuesday, his controversial life has come back into focus. While there were many incidents during his dark days of drugs, one that left a special impression on him was when he shot dead all 17 of their family cats in a drug-fueled frenzy.

The 76-year-old singer, a heavy drug user for most of his life, admitted to killing 17 family cats in the early 1980s, in an interview with Guitar Legends. Whenever he spoke about the episode, he described it as a turning point in his battle with addiction.

With the singer's family announcing his death on early Tuesday morning, here's a look back at the episode and the impression it ...