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Daily Mail
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The moment Ozzy Osbourne's rarely-seen daughter Jessica revealed he'd become a granddad for the first time as she's snubbed from family's statement announcing his death
The moment Ozzy Osbourne 's rarely-seen daughter Jessica revealed he'd become a grandfather for the first time has been revealed, following his death on Tuesday. The Black Sabbath frontman, had six children, including three with his wife Sharon, with his younger children Kelly and Jack known for appearing with him on reality show The Osbournes. Ozzy also had two children with his first wife Thelma Riley, son Louis and daughter Jessica, and he adopted his wife's son Eliot. However, Jessica and Eliot were noticeably absent from the family's statement announcing Ozzy's death, which was signed by his children Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis, along with wife Sharon. Jessica has been noticeably silent since her father's death, and she's remained largely out of the spotlight. She was the person who made Ozzy a grandfather for the first time, and despite never appearing in The Osbournes' TV show, she was mentioned in the episode 'Smells Like Teen Spirits,' when Ozzy learned that she had welcomed a daughter. The moment Ozzy Osbourne 's rarely-seen daughter Jessica made a surprise appearance in the late rocker's reality show has been revealed In a clip from the episode, which aired in 2002, Ozzy was told that his daughter's husband Ben would be calling him when 'the baby was born.' An off-camera producer asked Ozzy if that was 'his daughter,' and the rocker nodded, before insisting he thought the baby was going to be a boy. The episode then cut to the next scene, where Ozzy revealed that his first grandchild was a girl named Isabelle. After one of his daughter Kelly's pals quipped that he was a 'little grandfather,' he hit back: 'Don't f*****g say those words.' Jessica has two daughters, Isabelle and Kitty, and one son called Harry. Ozzy had three children from his first marriage, and three from his marriage to Sharon, whom he remained married to until his death. Before tying the knot to Sharon, he married his first wife Thelma Riley in 1971 after meeting her in a Birmingham nightclub. Together, they welcomed children Jessica and Louis, although details surrounding their birthdays are unclear. After one of his daughter Kelly's pals quipped that he was a 'little grandfather,' he hit back: 'Don't f*****g say those words' Ozzy also adopted Thelma's five-year-old son Elliot from a previous relationship. Louis now works as a DJ and married actress Louise Lennon in 2004. The pair tied the knot in 2004, with Ozzy unable to attend after suffering major injuries after being injured in a quad bike accident. In the 2011 documentary film God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, produced by his son Jack, he revealed that he could not even remember when Louis and Jessica were born. Louis also opened up about growing up with a drunk father. 'When he was around and he wasn't [drunk], he was a great father,' he said in the documentary. 'But that was kind of seldom, really. I just have a lot of memories of him being drunk, random s**t like driving cars across fields and crashing them in the middle of the night and stuff like that. 'It's not good for family life, really.' His older sister, Jessica added: 'I don't remember being put to bed or having a bath by dad or anything like that. 'I wouldn't say he was there for us, no, never on sports day, school trip, parents' evening. He wasn't like that, no.' After divorcing Thelma, Osbourne went on to marry Sharon in 1982. Their first child, daughter Aimee was born September 2, 1983. One year later, they welcomed daughter Kelly (born October 27, 1984), and on November 8, 1985, their son, Jack was born. Aimee - who is also a singer and performs under her initials ARO - was born in London and raised in California until the age of 16 but moved out of the family home as filming for The Osbournes began in the early 2000s. Reflecting on her decision to not appear on the show she said: 'Back then, I still felt I was trying to figure out who I was in the chaos of family life, so why on earth would I want that portrayed on television? 'I wanted to protect myself, my parents, my siblings, too. They were very young, very impressionable.' She later defended her decision in 2008 and told The Independent: 'I'm not some weirdo depressed daughter that's afraid of the world and locks herself in her room all day. 'I just didn't choose to do the show. I want to be a singer, and I felt if I'd stayed with the Osbournes and done the whole thing I would have been typecast right away. '[Sharon] was hurt, and we definitely had a tough time with disagreements. I'm more reserved and my private life is very important.' Aimee also has a strained relationship with younger sister Kelly, who confirmed in an interview four years ago that they are estranged. Appearing on the Dax Shepard podcast - Armchair Expert in 2021, Kelly revealed: 'We don't talk. We're just really different. 'She doesn't understand me and I don't understand her.' Back in 2015 Aimee admitted to The Independent that she and Kelly were not on close terms and said: 'I wouldn't say there is an ease between us, but there is an acceptance. Do we socialise? No.' However, Aimee and brother Jack's bond is much better, with the pair both running production company Osbourne Media together. On Wednesday, MailOnline revealed that an air ambulance was called to Osbourne's multi-million-pound country home as paramedics battled to save his life. The Thames Valley air ambulance landed in a field close to Welders House, the singer's Grade II listed mansion on Tuesday morning at around 10.30am. It's believed that calls from Welders House had led call handlers to believe that the Black Sabbath singer's life was in the balance. A chopper was dispatched from Thames Valley ambulance base at RAF Benson in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, some 27 miles from the mansion which is located close to the village of Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. The crew were airborne for around 15 minutes before landing in the grounds of the mansion and were then with Osbourne for around two hours, trying but failing to save his life, it's understood. News of the helicopter drama is the first insight into the finer details of the singer's death. News of Ozzy's death was shared by the Osbourne family in a statement on Tuesday, 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.' Ozzy revealed earlier this year that he could no longer walk amid his years-long battle with Parkinson's disease. However, he still managed to reunite with his bandmates Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward for their final gig earlier this month. Amid his ailing health, Ozzy admitted he was unsure whether to perform standing up or sitting down following a series of spinal operations. The singer was in strict training, which even saw his blood pressure being taken 15 times a day. He explained: 'I have got this trainer guy who helps people get back to normal. It's hard going, but he's convinced that he can pull it off for me. I'm giving it everything I've got. 'It's endurance. The first thing that goes when you're laid up is your stamina. 'I am having my blood pressure taken 15 times a day.. I've got this f***ing device on my finger. It's a monitor to say how my heart rate is.' Ozzy vowed to do the 'best he can' during his final show after his string of health concerns in recent years.
Daily Mail
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Footy legend Warwick Capper reveals his baby joy just after being barred from all AFL games for five years
AFL cult hero Warwick Capper has shared the exciting news that he has become a grandfather at the age of 62. The former Sydney and Brisbane forward revealed the happy news that he was now a proud grandparent while celebrating with manager and cohost of the T-Whiz podcast, Tony Marks, on Wednesday. 'I've got a new girl this morning, so I'm very happy, Tony,' said Capper. Marks added: 'We are celebrating a couple of things... the legend, The Whiz, Warwick Capper is a grandfather.' In January this year, the footy high flyer said that he was 'over the moon' after his son Indiana informed him that his long-term partner was pregnant. 'How good is that,' the footy larrikin said. 'Mum [ex-wife Joanne] is happy, I'm happy. The Swans legend (pictured playing for Sydney) got the good news after his alleged behaviour at the 2024 AFL grand final saw him cop a massive ban from the league 'He [Indiana] is engaged and he's been with his Mrs for nine years. '61 and a grandfather, that's alright. I'm still pretty fit and going alright.' Capper and his son once had a falling out, with Indiana accusing him of being 'a disgrace.' But today, they're back in touch. Last month, Capper was banned from all AFL matches after alleged inappropriate behaviour at last year's footy grand final. Marks said Capper had made a 'light-hearted joke' towards a female while at the match. 'No doubt there's a few inappropriate things said in the caricature that is Warwick Capper and playing the class clown, but five years from every AFL venue, including no cricket, concerts … that stinks,' Marks said. 'He did make a light-hearted joke to somebody in the room, but not with any ill will. He definitely didn't walk up and say it directly to her. 'There's a generation of people who didn't grow up with Warwick but for 95 per cent of people in that room he was being the joking Warwick Capper, an entertainer. 'He knows he needs to pull his socks up with some of his jokes, but under no circumstances would he want anyone to be offended. He was making a joke and it was overheard and offence was taken.' Capper kicked 388 goals over a 124-game career, finishing runner-up twice in the Coleman Medal. The one-time Sydney Swans pin-up boy also famously booted 103 goals in the 1987 season.
Telegraph
2 days ago
- Health
- Telegraph
Whatever happened to the Hippocratic Oath?
As a young artist, my grandfather took the long journey by ship to Japan in 1908. The trip was his prize for winning a competition. While in Japan, he took up jiu-jitsu, the martial art. It was a condition of his training that he should sign an oath, in his own blood, that he would use the skills he learned for good and not for ill. He was gaining, after all, skills that would enable him to wound or kill. It was required that he would promise to deploy them virtuously and responsibly. It is a similar story with medical ethics. In ancient Greece, as doctors first began to learn methods that could mean the difference between life and death, a code of ethics was developed, known as the Hippocratic Oath. One part of it reads: 'I will use those dietary regimens which will benefit my patients according to my greatest ability and judgment, and I will do no harm or injustice to them'. It also includes a promise to maintain patient confidentiality and not to poison anybody, even when asked to. Many people assume that trainee doctors still swear the Hippocratic Oath but they don't. Medical schools have their own oaths or declarations. Bristol University, for example, asks its medical students to make a 'promise', the final part of which is: 'I will work for the good of all persons whose health may be placed in my care and for the public wellbeing'. The medical profession is, or at least used to be, a vocation. It was driven in large measure by a desire to do good in the world rather than for the pursuit of financial gain. In the early 20th century, before the creation of the NHS, general practitioners varied their fees according to the means of their patients. It is estimated that one fifth of the population was given treatment for free. Surely today, too, most young people who go into medicine also have at least some sense of vocation and a feeling that their training and skills give them a responsibility to others. But how do they now square these ideas with withdrawing their labour – as they have voted to do – between the 25th and 30th of July? This is not equivalent in any way to industrial action undertaken to delay the collection of bins, or force commuters into the inconvenience of riding a slow rail-replacement bus. Doctors know, better than anyone else, that vast numbers of people are waiting for operations. They know that the delay of an operation or therapy for, say, cancer, means that it is more likely that the patient will die. Cancer, by its nature, grows. If it spreads too far, it becomes impossible to save the patient. By withdrawing their services, doctors know that more patients will have more delays in the treatment of cancer, heart disease and other potentially deadly diseases. Is this what they went into medicine for? To threaten fatal consequences for patients for the sake of a better pay deal? If so, it is a sad transformation of the ideals that doctors once represented. On another issue, the attitude of the British Medical Association to puberty blockers suggests a big change in ideology. The very thorough Cass Review asserted that the evidence base and rationale for early puberty suppression was unclear, and that masculinising/feminising hormone therapy should not be provided for people below the age of 16. The leadership of the BMA is clearly capable of working when it comes to 'critiquing' the Cass Review. It appears to be ideologically opposed to its findings. The Hippocratic priority of doing 'no harm or injustice' appears to have been pushed aside yet again in the service of political expediency. As for assisted dying (in other words, helping to end someone's life) this is, on the face of it, directly contrary to the Hippocratic Oath. If this becomes law, doctors will – or at least one hopes they will – wrestle with their consciences to be as confident as possible that they are 'working for the good of all persons'. But the sad truth is, as a young doctor said to me yesterday, that the philanthropic ideal of medicine is not as strong as it once used to be. Those now entering the field of medicine should not be surprised to see their status in the public eye suitably diminished.
Telegraph
3 days ago
- Telegraph
‘Evil' grandson stole £64k life savings from his grieving grandfather
An 'evil' grandson stole £64,000 from his grieving grandfather's life savings, a court heard. Aidan Frier, 26, has been jailed for two and a half years over the fraud, which began soon after his grandfather's wife died. He repeatedly lied about having a job and needing money for training courses between 2021 and last year. The victim said finding out that his grandson had been defrauding him was 'more heartbreaking' than his wife's death. He said: 'I am emotionally ruined. I will never get over this, I can never trust him again.' The victim said he had worked for 49 years to save enough to enjoy a comfortable and 'peaceful' retirement, but his grandson's 'evil' scheme and 'betrayal' had taken this all away from him. He said: 'He needs to admit he has been evil by stealing from me.' The scam began in January 2021 when Frier told relatives that he had begun working under a scholarship scheme and needed money to cover tuition fees, accommodation costs and training courses. Fraud by false representation Frier, who admitted fraud by false representation, also faked photographs of himself pretending to be at work and created fake bank emails, Gurjot Kaur, prosecuting, said. His grandfather agreed to send the money 'without hesitation' and had 'no reason to doubt' his grandson's claims that he would pay it back once qualified, Newcastle Crown Court was told. He later manipulated his grandfather into giving him a £4,000 loan which went immediately into his account. He was unmasked as a fraudster last August when the victim went into his local bank branch to say his grandson had asked for a further £12,000. Staff quickly recognised that the emails he was showing them were scams, the court heard. In mitigation, Peter Sabiston said Frier accepted his conduct was 'shameful' and he was now 'completely isolated' from his own family, which was 'his own fault'. The judge, Recorder Christopher Knox said Frier's crime was 'mean, nasty and cynical', with the fraud conducted in a 'startling and outrageous way'. The judge said: 'You used the money to live a life you didn't deserve. 'You owe money to everybody. You will never be able to enjoy the respect and affection of your family because of the cloud you have brought upon yourself.'
BBC News
6 days ago
- BBC News
South Shields fraudster stole £64k from his grandfather
An "evil" fraudster who stole £64,000 from his own grieving grandfather has been jailed for two and a half Frier, 26 and from South Shields, repeatedly lied about having a job and needing money for education courses over three and a half years, Newcastle Crown Court grandfather, who lost his wife shortly before the fraud began in 2021, said he was "ruined" with his live savings gone and him having to pay back a £4,000 loan Frier had persuaded him to take who fabricated photographs of himself pretending to be at work and created fake bank emails, admitted fraud by false representation. 'No reason to doubt' In January 2021, Frier told his family he had started work under a scholarship scheme and needed money for training courses, tuition fees and accommodation costs, prosecutor Gurjot Kaur took pictures of himself pretending to be working out at sea using equipment he took from a friend, the court grandfather, whose wife died in 2020, agreed "without hesitation" to send money and had "no reason to doubt" his grandson's claims he would be repaid once Frier was qualified, the court was of Fowler Street, took "further advantage" of his grandfather's trust by manipulating him into taking out a £4,000 bank loan, with the money then immediately transferred to the fraudster's account, Ms Kaur offending came to light in August 2024 when Frier's grandfather went into a local branch of his bank to say his grandson had asked for a further £12,000, with staff quickly recognising the emails he was showing them were scams, the court total, Frier fraudulently obtained £64,414 from his grandfather. 'Never trust him again' In statements read to the court, Frier's grandfather said he had worked hard for 49 years to build up his savings and enjoy a comfortable and "peaceful" retirement, but his grandson had taken that all away with his "evil" scheme and "betrayal".The victim said finding out his grandson had been stealing from him was "more heartbreaking" than losing his wife, adding he felt a "terrible pain of rejection and loss"."I am emotionally ruined," the man said, adding: "I will never get over this, I can never trust him again."The court heard he still having to pay off the £4,000 loan at a rate of £360 a month. In mitigation, Peter Sabiston said Frier accepted his conduct was "shameful" and he was now "completely isolated" from his own family, which was "his own fault".Recorder Christopher Knox said Frier's crime was "mean, nasty and cynical", with the fraud conducted in an elaborate, "startling and outrageous way"."You used the money to live a life you didn't deserve," the judge said."You owe money to everybody. You will never be able to enjoy the respect and affection of your family because of the cloud you have brought upon yourself."A restraining order banning Frier from contacting his grandfather was also made. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
