Ozzy Osbourne's poignant wish after falling 'unconscious' at his and Sharon's wedding
Ozzy Osbourne once expressed hopes of redoing his wedding night with Sharon Osbourne, after he was discovered unconscious following the ceremony. The Black Sabbath legend and Sharon, now 72, exchanged vows in July 1982 in Maui, Hawaii.
Photographs from their special day show the couple looking utterly smitten as newlyweds, though their evening took a rather different turn. Speaking to The Big Issue, Ozzy said he was found "unconscious" in a corridor after saying "I do" to his bride.
Filled with regret about that night, he confessed: "If I could live one day of my life over again it would be the day I got married to my wife Sharon. I was off my face and I didn't make it to the bedroom suite.
"They found me face-down in the hotel corridor unconscious. I'd like to go back to that day and go to bed with my wife."
Their nuptials occurred during a period when Ozzy, by his own acknowledgement, was "drinking a lot of booze and doing a lot of drugs and living the lifestyle".
The metal icon admitted this behaviour was especially rampant throughout his "crazy years" spanning the 70s and 80s.
Speaking in 2014, the singer said about turning over a new leaf, adding: "Now I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs. But I'm definitely living on borrowed time."
Fortunately, Ozzy managed to reaffirm his love to Sharon when they renewed their wedding vows in 2017. The singer revealed to Hello! Magazine at the time: "For me, this was actually our real wedding day. This is the one that I will remember."
Ozzy first met Sharon through her father Don Arden, who was managing his band Black Sabbath. After being booted out of the group due to substance abuse issues, Sharon, a former X Factor judge, became his manager and supported him through his solo career.
Just months after finalising his divorce from his first wife Thelma Riley, with whom he has three children; Elliot, 59, Louis, 50, and Jessica, 45, the couple tied the knot.
Together, they had three more children; their eldest Aimee, 41, who opted to stay away from the limelight, and Jack, 39, and Kelly, 40, who gained fame on the family reality show The Osbournes, and have since carved out careers of their own.
On July 22, Sharon and their children announced the heartbreaking death of Ozzy, who was 76.
He was laid to rest in a private ceremony at his Buckinghamshire home, following a funeral procession in Birmingham.
His cause of death has not yet been confirmed by the family, but it's known that Ozzy was battling multiple health issues before his passing.
In 2020, he announced that he had been diagnosed with a rare form of Parkinson's called Parkin. He also suffered from neck and spinal problems following an ATV accident in 2003, which necessitated major spinal and neck surgeries.
A fall at home in 2019 exacerbated those injuries, which required further surgery.
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