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"Sharon Osbourne has denied claims that she fired Black Sabbath&amp;#039;s Bill Ward. The drummer has asserted that he will only rejoin the band for their reunion tour and new albums if he is presented with a &amp;quot;signable contract&amp;quot;.  Osbourne maintained that she only manages her husband Ozzy and does not have any power when it comes to Black Sabbath. She wrote on Twitter: &amp;quot;I am not in any position to hire or fire anyone in Black Sabbath. I don&amp;#039;t manage the band, I manage my husband.&amp;quot; Black Sabbath have vowed to continue working on new material and preparing for their summer tour, whether Ward joins them or not.  Meanwhile, Ozzy Osbourne has maintained that Tony Iommi will recover from his battle against lymphoma. Ozzy told The Boneyard: &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s going to beat it. What it&amp;#039;s down to is determination and believe me, this guy&amp;#039;s got more determination than anybody I&amp;#039;ve ever met. It&amp;#039;s going to be fine. It&amp;#039;s just one of those trials in life that happen.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;When the bombshell hit about Tony&amp;#039;s cancer problem, I came to England. It would&amp;#039;ve been pretty bad if I would&amp;#039;ve stayed in LA.  &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s got so much support, not only from each one of us in the band, but the fanbase; it&amp;#039;s unbelievable. It&amp;#039;s one of them problems you have in life. He isn&amp;#039;t going to die, I&amp;#039;m telling you. I told him if he dies, I&amp;#039;m going to kill him.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Black Sabbath: &amp;#039;Tony Iommi cancer has given us a kick up the rump&amp;#039; Watch the music video for Black Sabbath&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Paranoid&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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