Sharon Osbourne drew up heartbreaking two-year plan for Ozzy's final days
Ozzy Osbourne faced a lengthy battle with his Parkinson's disease before passing away at the age of 76, just days after his last ever gig. But his wife Sharon had long been determined to make his final years as comfortable as possible.
In a statement, the Osbourne family, including Sharon, their daughters Kelly and Aimee, their son Jack and Ozzy's son, Louis, revealed that Ozzy had sadly passed away on Tuesday morning. They shared: "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. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis." In the message, it included a location stamp reading "Birmingham, England July 22, 2025", confirming that Ozzy had returned home one last time.
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Ozzy and Sharon had previously expressed their desire to relocate back to the UK from Los Angeles. The couple have been living in the US for more than 20 years, but Birmingham-born Ozzy had said he was "desperate to come home".
However, Ozzy's health struggles, Parkinson's diagnosis and spinal surgery put the breaks on the move before Sharon put a plan in place to fulfil his wish. "It just seems that every time we're set to go, something happens with Ozzy's health," Sharon previously shared.
After years of planning, the pair finally made it back, just in time for Ozzy's last gig, which was fittingly held in Birmingham on July 5. "It's time for me to spend some time with my grandkids," he told the Guardian in May. "I don't want to die in a hotel room somewhere. I want to spend the rest of my life with my family."
One of Ozzy's main motivations was the firearm violence In America. "Everything's f***ing ridiculous [in America]. I'm fed up with people getting killed every day," he told The Observer.
"God knows how many people have been shot in school shootings. And there was that mass shooting in Vegas at that concert. ... it's f***ing crazy."
But for Sharon, the move was about protecting her husband. "I just feel like I want to go home, I want your father to have a chance to live his life without being photographed going in and out of doctors' offices, and headlines saying 'he's dying' and 'he's got this long to live'.
"I don't want that, I don't want that every week, I want him to have a life. I want him to have some dignity, a life, and we can do what we want more in England than we can here."
Sharon is said to have spent the past two years preparing for her husband's final moments, renovating the Grade II-listed Buckinghamshire mansion they bought in 1993 to provide him with every comfort.
Plans were approved in 2023 for a 'rehab wing' with a health and welfare exercise studio along a flat for an on-site nurse, an art studio, pool house orangery with spa, wet room, and changing area. She was also the brains behind his farewell show after he was forced to cancel a series of concerts in 2023.
Sharon told Sky News how not being able to say thanks to his fans was his one regret, so she also arranged the final Black Sabbath gig. Getting him fit enough to fly had reportedly been touch and go, but eventually he was cleared to travel and a delighted Ozzy told the crowd: "You've no idea how I feel. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
Ozzy had faced various health battles over the years, with his first more than 20 years ago when he broke his neck after falling off a quad bike. This led to some extensive back surgery and metal rods being put down his spine.
In 2020, the singer also announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's around a year before. In an interview with Good Morning America alongside his wife Sharon, he shared: "I had to have surgery on my neck which screwed all my nerves. I found out that I have a mild form of..." Struggling to finish the sentence Sharon stepped in: "It's Parkin two which is a form of Parkinson's."
She added: "There are so many different types of Parkinson's. It's not a death sentence by any stretch of the imagination but it does affect the nerves in your body. It's like you'll have a good day, then a good day, and then a really bad day."
While he lived with Parkinson's for many years, Sharon always did whatever she could to ensure her husband's health was as good as it could be. In addition, she previously confessed that she was "done" with the music industry and just wanted to "live" their life.
She said: "I've been doing this since I was 15, and I'm done. We just want to live our life and do what we want to do and not have to follow an itinerary anymore."
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