Kelly Osbourne has shared details of her Black Sabbath star father’s heartbreaking passing for the first time
Kelly Osbourne has revealed the final conversation she had with her father, Ozzy Osbourne, as she shared details of his heartbreaking passing for the first time.
Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy died aged 76 in July last year, just over two weeks after his Back To The Beginning farewell concert, where he was reunited with his bandmates in his home city of Birmingham for what was the final time.
The Back to the Beginning concert at Villa Park, Birmingham, was held close to the Crown pub where they played their first gig in 1968. The heavy metal group were the last to appear on stage as part of a star-studded line-up.
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Just weeks later, Ozzy, known as the ‘Prince of Darkness’, died of a reported heart attack on July 22 after suffering a string of health issues over the years, including multiple surgeries following a fall in February 2019 and being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
Wife Sharon previously opened up about the last few days of his life at their family’s mansion in Buckinghamshire. During an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored in December, Sharon shared: “He had told me that he was having dreams in the last week of his life. He was seeing people that he never knew.
“I said, ‘Well, what kind of people?’ He goes, ‘All different people. And I just keep walking and walking, and I’m seeing all these different people every night, and I go back there and I’m looking at these people, and they’re looking at me, and nobody’s talking’. And he knew. He was ready.”
Now, appearing on Paul C Brunson’s podcast, We Need to Talk, Kelly has shared the moving conversation she had with her father Ozzy just three days before his passing, where he reassured her of his unconditional love, and how Sharon pulled off Ozzy’s legendary final farewell performance for his fans despite doctors’ warning him he would die if he performed.
“He sat me down, this was about three days before he died, he sat me down and said, ‘Tots, I need you to know something… No matter what happens in this life, you can live the rest of your life knowing that there was one man on this planet that truly loved you, that truly loved you for every single thing you are. And that man is me,’” Kelly emotionally recalled.
“And I started to cry, saying ‘please don’t talk like this’ because he said ‘you know, I’m not going to be here forever and I know you struggle with people and believing you are loved. But I love you more than anyone.’ Three days later, he was gone.”
Speaking about Ozzy’s death, she continued: “My mum allowed him to die the happiest you’ve ever seen him. All he wanted before leaving this planet was one last show one more time. To be able to let his fans know how grateful he was for the life they allowed him to have and how much he loved them and to say goodbye. And my mum worked her arse off to make that happen.
“It was one of the most incredible moments in music history. It outlives Woodstock because it was all the people that got to be who they are because of him come pay tribute to him. And he got to say goodbye, and he got to say thank you. That’s all he wanted to do. And then he let go. Two weeks after. They told him, ‘If you do this show, you’ll die.’ And he chose to do it anyway, because it meant more to him than anything.
“He was suffering so much. His day-to-day life was insufferable, nobody should have to live like that. To be in so much pain and be unable to walk, and your mind is there, but your body just doesn’t work.”
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