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The Black Sabbath frontman was presented with the award by guitar legend Slash at a ceremony at London's Park Lane Hotel.
On receiving the award, Osbourne joked: "I hope I don't die on the way home."
Previous recipients of the honour include Alice Cooper and Jimmy Page.
The Foo Fighters were crowned 'Band Of The Year', while Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley was presented with 'The Showman Award'. Led Zeppelin won the 'Event Of The Year' gong for their London 02 show, while 'Album Of The Year' went to Whitesnake for Good To Be Bad.
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