Ozzy Osbourne's final months filmed for documentary
The 76-year-old Black Sabbath rocker died earlier this week following a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Son Jack revealed his parents, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, had been filming a docuseries Home To Roost about their move back to Buckinghamshire in the UK after 20 years in the USA.
Jack also told the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine that his father had finished an autobiography called Last Rites, which is due out later in 2025.
Jack, 39, did the interview before his father passed away and during the chat, he spoke about his work as a co-producer on an upcoming biopic about Ozzy.
He said: "Right now it'll take place over the Sabbath era and early 1980s. We're definitely going for a more adult rating for the film.
"This is by no means going to be a fluff piece. Right now we're going through a rewrite with Craig Borten, who wrote Dallas Buyers Club."
News of Ozzy's death was confirmed by his family in a statement, which read: "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."
It was later reported that Ozzy died at his home in Buckinghamshire and his family had flown in from Los Angeles to be with him.
A source told MailOnline: "(His passing was) unexpected to be this soon."
The insider added that daughters Aimee, 41, and Kelly, 40, had come from Los Angeles to be with their father and Jack had flown in from his home in Idaho to watch his father perform at his final Black Sabbath gig in Birmingham on July 5.
The source said: "Ozzy was always meant to come back to Britain to live in Buckinghamshire, it was where Sharon had spent so long preparing their family home for him.
"There was much hope that he would be around for a lot longer than this but at one point there were fears they would not get him back from Los Angeles for the concert earlier this month.
"Kelly has been at the house a lot in the last week or so, so has Aimee. It is terribly sad for all of them, they really hoped he would be able to carry on for a bit longer. "But it's so lovely that he had his children around him during his last days."
Ozzy Osbourne's final months were filmed for a documentary.
The 76-year-old Black Sabbath rocker died earlier this week following a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Son Jack revealed his parents, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, had been filming a docuseries Home To Roost about their move back to Buckinghamshire in the UK after 20 years in the USA.
Jack also told the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine that his father had finished an autobiography called Last Rites, which is due out later in 2025.
Jack, 39, did the interview before his father passed away and during the chat, he spoke about his work as a co-producer on an upcoming biopic about Ozzy.
He said: "Right now it'll take place over the Sabbath era and early 1980s. We're definitely going for a more adult rating for the film.
"This is by no means going to be a fluff piece. Right now we're going through a rewrite with Craig Borten, who wrote Dallas Buyers Club."
News of Ozzy's death was confirmed by his family in a statement, which read: "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."
It was later reported that Ozzy died at his home in Buckinghamshire and his family had flown in from Los Angeles to be with him.
A source told MailOnline: "(His passing was) unexpected to be this soon."
The insider added that daughters Aimee, 41, and Kelly, 40, had come from Los Angeles to be with their father and Jack had flown in from his home in Idaho to watch his father perform at his final Black Sabbath gig in Birmingham on July 5.
The source said: "Ozzy was always meant to come back to Britain to live in Buckinghamshire, it was where Sharon had spent so long preparing their family home for him.
"There was much hope that he would be around for a lot longer than this but at one point there were fears they would not get him back from Los Angeles for the concert earlier this month.
"Kelly has been at the house a lot in the last week or so, so has Aimee. It is terribly sad for all of them, they really hoped he would be able to carry on for a bit longer. "But it's so lovely that he had his children around him during his last days."
Ozzy Osbourne's final months were filmed for a documentary.
The 76-year-old Black Sabbath rocker died earlier this week following a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Son Jack revealed his parents, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, had been filming a docuseries Home To Roost about their move back to Buckinghamshire in the UK after 20 years in the USA.
Jack also told the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine that his father had finished an autobiography called Last Rites, which is due out later in 2025.
Jack, 39, did the interview before his father passed away and during the chat, he spoke about his work as a co-producer on an upcoming biopic about Ozzy.
He said: "Right now it'll take place over the Sabbath era and early 1980s. We're definitely going for a more adult rating for the film.
"This is by no means going to be a fluff piece. Right now we're going through a rewrite with Craig Borten, who wrote Dallas Buyers Club."
News of Ozzy's death was confirmed by his family in a statement, which read: "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."
It was later reported that Ozzy died at his home in Buckinghamshire and his family had flown in from Los Angeles to be with him.
A source told MailOnline: "(His passing was) unexpected to be this soon."
The insider added that daughters Aimee, 41, and Kelly, 40, had come from Los Angeles to be with their father and Jack had flown in from his home in Idaho to watch his father perform at his final Black Sabbath gig in Birmingham on July 5.
The source said: "Ozzy was always meant to come back to Britain to live in Buckinghamshire, it was where Sharon had spent so long preparing their family home for him.
"There was much hope that he would be around for a lot longer than this but at one point there were fears they would not get him back from Los Angeles for the concert earlier this month.
"Kelly has been at the house a lot in the last week or so, so has Aimee. It is terribly sad for all of them, they really hoped he would be able to carry on for a bit longer. "But it's so lovely that he had his children around him during his last days."
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"Ozzy was more than a music legend - he was a son of Birmingham," Lord Mayor Zafar Iqbal said, adding "we know how much this moment will mean to his fans". The main street closed to through traffic on Wednesday morning and will only reopen after the funeral finishes. Osbourne and his Black Sabbath band mates, Terence Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward, were recently awarded the Freedom of the City in recognition of their services to Birmingham. The group has been widely credited with defining and popularising the sound of heavy metal. Osbourne was the band's frontman during its peak period in the 1970s and was widely known as the "Prince of Darkness". His antics, on and off stage, were legendary, and often fuelled by copious amounts of drinks and drugs. Sabbath's story began in Birmingham in 1968 when the four original members were looking to escape a life of factory work. Their eponymous debut album in 1970 made the UK top 10 and paved the way for a string of hit albums, including 1971's Master of Reality and Vol. 4 a year later. They went on to become one of the most influential and successful metal bands ever, selling more than 75 million albums worldwide. At their final show on July 5, 42,000 fans watched the band perform for the first time in 20 years at Villa Park, home of the city's biggest football club Aston Villa, with Osbourne seated on a black throne. Osbourne had been in poor health in recent years, especially after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019. Osbourne, who also had a successful solo career, found a new legion of fans in the early 2000s reality show The Osbournes in which he starred alongside his wife Sharon and two youngest children, Kelly and Jack. The "home of metal" is gearing up to honour one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans will pay their respects on Wednesday to frontman Ozzy Osbourne as his hearse makes its way through the streets of Birmingham, the English city where he grew up and where the band was formed in 1968. The hearse carrying Osbourne, who died last Tuesday at age 76, will make its way down the city's major thoroughfare of Broad Street to the Black Sabbath bench, which was unveiled on the Broad Street canal bridge in 2019. Family members are expected to watch the cortege, which will be accompanied by a live brass band. Since his death was announced, fans have made pilgrimages to sites around Birmingham, which has over the decades embraced its reputation as the birthplace of heavy metal. Among his peers, Osbourne was metal's godfather. "Ozzy was more than a music legend - he was a son of Birmingham," Lord Mayor Zafar Iqbal said, adding "we know how much this moment will mean to his fans". The main street closed to through traffic on Wednesday morning and will only reopen after the funeral finishes. Osbourne and his Black Sabbath band mates, Terence Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward, were recently awarded the Freedom of the City in recognition of their services to Birmingham. The group has been widely credited with defining and popularising the sound of heavy metal. Osbourne was the band's frontman during its peak period in the 1970s and was widely known as the "Prince of Darkness". His antics, on and off stage, were legendary, and often fuelled by copious amounts of drinks and drugs. Sabbath's story began in Birmingham in 1968 when the four original members were looking to escape a life of factory work. Their eponymous debut album in 1970 made the UK top 10 and paved the way for a string of hit albums, including 1971's Master of Reality and Vol. 4 a year later. They went on to become one of the most influential and successful metal bands ever, selling more than 75 million albums worldwide. At their final show on July 5, 42,000 fans watched the band perform for the first time in 20 years at Villa Park, home of the city's biggest football club Aston Villa, with Osbourne seated on a black throne. Osbourne had been in poor health in recent years, especially after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019. Osbourne, who also had a successful solo career, found a new legion of fans in the early 2000s reality show The Osbournes in which he starred alongside his wife Sharon and two youngest children, Kelly and Jack. The "home of metal" is gearing up to honour one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans will pay their respects on Wednesday to frontman Ozzy Osbourne as his hearse makes its way through the streets of Birmingham, the English city where he grew up and where the band was formed in 1968. The hearse carrying Osbourne, who died last Tuesday at age 76, will make its way down the city's major thoroughfare of Broad Street to the Black Sabbath bench, which was unveiled on the Broad Street canal bridge in 2019. Family members are expected to watch the cortege, which will be accompanied by a live brass band. Since his death was announced, fans have made pilgrimages to sites around Birmingham, which has over the decades embraced its reputation as the birthplace of heavy metal. Among his peers, Osbourne was metal's godfather. "Ozzy was more than a music legend - he was a son of Birmingham," Lord Mayor Zafar Iqbal said, adding "we know how much this moment will mean to his fans". The main street closed to through traffic on Wednesday morning and will only reopen after the funeral finishes. Osbourne and his Black Sabbath band mates, Terence Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward, were recently awarded the Freedom of the City in recognition of their services to Birmingham. The group has been widely credited with defining and popularising the sound of heavy metal. Osbourne was the band's frontman during its peak period in the 1970s and was widely known as the "Prince of Darkness". His antics, on and off stage, were legendary, and often fuelled by copious amounts of drinks and drugs. Sabbath's story began in Birmingham in 1968 when the four original members were looking to escape a life of factory work. Their eponymous debut album in 1970 made the UK top 10 and paved the way for a string of hit albums, including 1971's Master of Reality and Vol. 4 a year later. They went on to become one of the most influential and successful metal bands ever, selling more than 75 million albums worldwide. At their final show on July 5, 42,000 fans watched the band perform for the first time in 20 years at Villa Park, home of the city's biggest football club Aston Villa, with Osbourne seated on a black throne. Osbourne had been in poor health in recent years, especially after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019. Osbourne, who also had a successful solo career, found a new legion of fans in the early 2000s reality show The Osbournes in which he starred alongside his wife Sharon and two youngest children, Kelly and Jack. The "home of metal" is gearing up to honour one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans will pay their respects on Wednesday to frontman Ozzy Osbourne as his hearse makes its way through the streets of Birmingham, the English city where he grew up and where the band was formed in 1968. The hearse carrying Osbourne, who died last Tuesday at age 76, will make its way down the city's major thoroughfare of Broad Street to the Black Sabbath bench, which was unveiled on the Broad Street canal bridge in 2019. Family members are expected to watch the cortege, which will be accompanied by a live brass band. Since his death was announced, fans have made pilgrimages to sites around Birmingham, which has over the decades embraced its reputation as the birthplace of heavy metal. Among his peers, Osbourne was metal's godfather. "Ozzy was more than a music legend - he was a son of Birmingham," Lord Mayor Zafar Iqbal said, adding "we know how much this moment will mean to his fans". The main street closed to through traffic on Wednesday morning and will only reopen after the funeral finishes. Osbourne and his Black Sabbath band mates, Terence Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward, were recently awarded the Freedom of the City in recognition of their services to Birmingham. The group has been widely credited with defining and popularising the sound of heavy metal. Osbourne was the band's frontman during its peak period in the 1970s and was widely known as the "Prince of Darkness". His antics, on and off stage, were legendary, and often fuelled by copious amounts of drinks and drugs. Sabbath's story began in Birmingham in 1968 when the four original members were looking to escape a life of factory work. Their eponymous debut album in 1970 made the UK top 10 and paved the way for a string of hit albums, including 1971's Master of Reality and Vol. 4 a year later. They went on to become one of the most influential and successful metal bands ever, selling more than 75 million albums worldwide. At their final show on July 5, 42,000 fans watched the band perform for the first time in 20 years at Villa Park, home of the city's biggest football club Aston Villa, with Osbourne seated on a black throne. Osbourne had been in poor health in recent years, especially after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019. Osbourne, who also had a successful solo career, found a new legion of fans in the early 2000s reality show The Osbournes in which he starred alongside his wife Sharon and two youngest children, Kelly and Jack.
The Age
6 hours ago
- The Age
Fans scream ‘Ozzy, Ozzy' as late singer tours hometown for final time
Thousands of heavy metal fans lined the streets of Birmingham on Wednesday for the funeral procession of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, who died last week at the age of 76. The cortège of the Prince of Darkness was driven through his home city in central England before a private funeral, stopping at a bench dedicated to the band on the Broad Street canal bridge, along the city's major thoroughfare. 'Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy, oi, oi, oi,' fans screamed as the hearse arrived. Six vehicles carrying the Osbourne family, who paid for the procession, followed. The family emerged briefly, with his wife of 43 years, Sharon, visibly moved. The family waved and made peace signs to the crowd. Osbourne had said he did not want his funeral to be a 'mope-fest', and celebration was mixed with sadness on the streets, with a New Orleans-style brass band leading the procession. Graham Croucher, a 58-year-old train driver from Northampton, said Osbourne was an 'absolute legend'. 'He was the soundtrack particularly to my life growing up,' he said. 'Black Sabbath are the originators of heavy metal and made such great music. And he dared to be different because he was different.'
