Medics ‘worked for hours' to save Ozzy Osbourne
The Daily Mail reports that a Thames Valley air ambulance landed in a field near Osbourne's English countryside mansion at 10:30am Tuesday, local time, with medics rushing inside to respond to the call for help.
The outlet claimed the medics attempted worked for two hours to try and save the 76-year-old rocker's life, but to no avail.
'We can confirm that our helicopter was dispatched to provide advanced critical care at an incident near Chalfont St Giles yesterday,' a spokesperson for Thames Valley air ambulance confirmed to the Daily Mail.
Osbourne's family released a statement yesterday announcing his death and revealing that the rock legend was 'with his family and surrounded by love' as he passed.
'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,' the statement read.
'He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.'
It was signed: 'Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.'
Osbourne, known as the 'Prince of Darkness' for his wild on stage antics, performed his final gig with his Black Sabbath bandmates just this month on 5 July in Villa Park in Birmingham.
The band – including Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward – played a short five-song set, which was touted as 'the greatest heavy metal show ever'.
At the time, he made it clear it would be his final performance as a result of his deteriorating health related to Parkinson's disease, which he'd first opened up about in 2020.
It was the first time he had performed with Black Sabbath for 20 years.
Osbourne's death came just days after his daughter Kelly had publicly railed against a cruel A.I. video circulating online, showing an AI-generated likeness of her father announcing that he was 'dying', and that he'd made peace with the fact doctors couldn't offer him any help.
'What the f**k is wrong with you people?' Kelly asked. 'Why would you spend your time making a video like this?'
Osbourne, 40, insisted that her father was 'not dying,' adding, 'Yes, he has Parkinson's, and yes, his mobility is completely different than it used to be, but he's not dying.'
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