Ozzy Osbourne's secret kids quietly honour late rocker after his death aged 76
In the hours since the news broke of his death on Wednesday, Jessica and Louis Osbourne – who Ozzy shared with first wife Thelma Riley – took to their respective Instagram and Facebook accounts to remember their father.
Jessica reposted On With Mario Lopez's tribute post on her Instagram Stories, on which she wrote 'RIP Ozzy' over the image of the Black Sabbath frontman.
The 45-year-old also included Crazy Train – Ozzy's 1980 debut solo single which appeared on his first solo album, Blizzard of Ozz – as her post's backing music.
Meanwhile, Louis, 50, simply changed his Facebook and Instagram profile pictures to a black circle.
Just weeks before Ozzy's death, Louis, a music producer, attended his father's farewell performance with Black Sabbath in Birmingham, England, on July 5.
Following the concert, Louis revealed on Facebook that he got 'hugely emotional' during the show.
'I was sobbing at times. It was everything we wanted it to be and more,' he wrote, as per the BBC. 'I had been anxious for months about this as I've been worried about my dad's ability to perform with his Parkinson's disease.'
'I just wanted it to be a dignified send off for him. But as soon as he started singing we knew he was gonna nail it.'
Although Louis was present for Ozzy's final concert, it is believed daughter Jessica was estranged from her father.
'My recollection from my childhood with dad is that he'd be away for very long periods of time, and there'd always be a period of adjustment when he came home, and then it'd get to normality and then he'd go again,' she said in the 2011 documentary of God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, as per E! News. 'So, it was a very erratic childhood with dad.'
The rest of Ozzy's family – his wife Sharon and their kids, Aimee, Kelly and Jack – have yet to share individual tributes, but they did release a statement to announce the rocker's death on Wednesday, aged 76.
'It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love,' they wrote in the post.
'We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.'
While Louis was included in the post, Jessica was not.
The Prince of Darkness was married to Thelma from 1972 to 1982, during which they welcomed Louis and Jessica.
The pair met in 1970 while on a night out. At the time, Ozzy was still establishing his music career with Black Sabbath, while Riley was a teacher.
They were married in 1972 two years after Black Sabbath released their self-titled debut album.
'She was beautiful and I wanted to talk to her,' he wrote in his 2010 memoir I Am Ozzy. 'I pulled her on the dance floor.'
'I thought it was what you did: get some dough, find a chick, get married, settle down, go to the pub.'
The couple were married for 11 years before splitting in 1982, with Ozzy admitting in his memoir that their union a 'terrible mistake' and he was not the perfect husband or father during his marriage to Thelma.
'I put that woman through it. I should have never married her. She didn't deserve it,' he wrote, taking full responsibility for his shortcomings.
'She wasn't a bad person, and she wasn't a bad wife. But I was a f***ing nightmare.'
Osbourne first met Sharon in 1970 while her father, Don Arden, was managing Black Sabbath. She went on to become Ozzy's manager and, although he was married to Thelma at the time, Ozzy and Sharon's professional relationship turned into a romantic one, according to People.
The rocker divorced Thelma in 1982 and shortly after married Sharon.
In 2022, when celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary, Sharon shared a sweet Instagram message to her husband.
'2022 is a special year for me. It marks 40 years of marriage to my darling Ozzy,' she wrote at the time. 'We first met when I was 18, over 52 years we have been friends, lovers, husband & wife, grandparents and soulmates.'
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