Ozzy Osbourne was far sicker than fans ever realized in the weeks leading up to his final concert.
In the first family sit-down on The Osbournes Podcast since the metal icon’s death this summer, Sharon, Jack, and Kelly Osbourne revealed that the rocker was secretly hospitalized just two weeks before his “Back to the Beginning” farewell show on July 5. Osbourne died later that month at age 76.
According to his family, the stay was kept tightly under wraps to prevent leaks to the press. “We were terrified that people were going to find out,” Sharon, 73, said in the episode, which aired on Wednesday, November 12, adding that hospital staff were given photos of trusted visitors to prevent intruders. The secrecy nearly unraveled when someone arrived claiming to be “John Osbourne’s brother” — Ozzy’s real name — but turned out to be looking for another patient entirely. “Daddy was hysterical laughing,” Sharon recalled.
The former Black Sabbath frontman had spent years battling a series of debilitating health issues, many of which stemmed from a fall in 2019. In his final months, those ailments multiplied — including fractured vertebrae, recurring pneumonia, sepsis, Parkinson’s disease, heart problems, and a collapsed lung. Sharon admitted that at one point, “It was draining every ounce of strength he had, and it was in March that we thought we were going to lose him.”
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Despite his condition, canceling the farewell concert was never an option for Osbourne. “He wanted to say, ‘Thank you,’” Kelly, 41, explained. “That meant more to him than anything in the world.” Sharon added, “He wasn’t going to give up on it. He didn’t want to go out not doing it.”
While the family described his grumpy moments during rehearsals, they said the outpouring of love from fans gave him a renewed sense of joy. “He couldn’t believe the reviews and people’s reactions to the show,” Sharon shared. “He didn’t realize how many people loved him — not just as the frontman of Black Sabbath, but as a person.”
In the Paramount+ documentary Ozzy: No Escape From Now, the Prince of Darkness got brutally honest about how he contemplated suicide after a surgery meant to ease his chronic pain worsened it. The procedure followed his 2019 fall, leaving him in constant agony and unable to perform. “The thought of not doing any gigs anymore — I went really into depression,” Ozzy admitted in the film. “I’m on antidepressants now, actually. Because I was getting ready to off myself at some point.” Even as he recounted the moment, his trademark dark humor crept through. “Knowing me, I’d half-do it and I’d be half-dead. I mean, I wouldn’t die, you know? That’s my luck,” he quipped.
Sharon, echoed just how severe things had become, explaining that at the time, “he’s in so much pain, he can’t take it. He just wishes he could go.”
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