On Tuesday, the legendary rocker’s household introduced the unhappy information that he had handed away at 76, sharing a press release that learn: “It’s with extra disappointment than mere phrases can convey that we have now to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has handed away this morning. He was together with his household and surrounded by love.”

The Black Sabbath frontman battled Parkinson’s illness — a neurodegenerative dysfunction — for over twenty years. Ozzy was recognized with Parkinson’s illness in 2003, however did not publicly share his analysis till 2020. Along with his battle with Parkinson’s, Ozzy underwent many again surgical procedures in an try to repair the harm achieved to his backbone as a consequence of a fall in 2019. The accident exacerbated his present again and neck issues from a 2003 bike crash.

Nonetheless, the information of Ozzy’s loss of life got here a little bit over every week after his daughter, Kelly Osbourne, slammed hypothesis that he was “dying” from Parkinson’s. And just some weeks prior, Ozzy’s spouse of over 40 years, Sharon Osbourne, shared that he was “doing actually nice” forward of the Black Sabbath reunion live performance.

Over time, the Osbourne household was open about Ozzy’s well being struggles. Learn on to see what Kelly, Sharon, and Ozzy himself have publicly shared about Ozzy’s well being within the years main as much as his loss of life.

Final week, Kelly spoke out to defend her father after followers made “impolite” feedback about Ozzy’s battle with Parkinson’s.

The TV character shared a screenshot to her Instagram Tales that featured a DM she allegedly acquired from one other person. Per the screenshot, the one who wrote to Kelly mentioned she does “not perceive how Parkinson’s illness works.”

“That is the s–t I get up to. Wtf is fallacious with folks?” Kelly wrote alongside a screenshot of the fan’s message.

The person wrote, “Kelli, do you perceive how Parkinson’s illness works? The truth that you retain saying your dad is not dying simply reveals that you don’t perceive how Parkinson’s is illness works.!!”

“Parkinson’s illness finally stops the folks from respiratory and functioning and so they die from Parkinson’s if he is stage 5 and he simply mentioned that he does not really feel good and his well being is failing. It’s worthwhile to belief what he is saying not what you are hoping,” they continued, “I am sorry to be the one to let you know however stage 5 Parkinson’s does imply that you’re dying.”

Alongside the screenshot, Kelly posted her daring response to the unnamed person, defending her father, and checking the person’s understanding of his situation.

“Consider me I absolutely perceive how this works. Your message is extremely impolite. So firstly I wish to let you know to go f–k your self! He’s not in stage 5!!!” the previous Vogue Police host wrote.

“That’s not the best way his form of Parkinson’s works. You’re a nasty c–t for sending anybody a message like this,” she continued. “Cease watching AI generated content material and cease perpetuating the bulls–t. I do not actually reply messages similar to this however you actually pissed me off how dare you!”

Earlier than Ozzy hit the stage for a fundraising reunion live performance with this Black Sabbath bandmates — Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Invoice Ward — Sharon informed the BBC that whereas the present could be Ozzy’s final, he was doing effectively.

“He is doing actually nice,” she shared, including that he was “so enthusiastic about this, about being with the fellows once more and all his buddies. It is thrilling for everybody.”

Throughout an episode of the household’s Osbournes Podcast in July 2024, Sharon mentioned the standing of Ozzy’s well being had delayed their plans to maneuver again to the UK.

“It simply appears that each time we’re set to go, one thing occurs with Ozzy’s well being,” Sharon mentioned. “We’ll get there.”

“We wanna return so dangerous, however we’ll get there. Will not we, Ozzy?” she added, to which he mentioned, “Yeah.”

Ozzy opened up in regards to the severity of his well being points and mirrored on his mortality throughout an interview with Rolling Stone UK in November 2023. Amid his battle with Parkinson’s illness and the medical issues and surgical procedures ensuing from his 2019 fall, Ozzy shared that he believed he had 10 years left to life — on the most.

“Look, I mentioned to Sharon that I might smoked a joint lately and she or he mentioned, ‘What are you doing that for! It will f–king kill you,’” Ozzy recalled. “I mentioned, ‘How lengthy would you like me to f–king dwell for?!’ At finest, I’ve obtained ten years left and while you’re older, time picks up velocity. Me and Sharon had our forty first marriage ceremony anniversary lately, and that is simply unbelievable to me!”

“I do not concern dying, however I do not wish to have an extended, painful and depressing existence,” he admitted. “I like the concept that when you’ve got a terminal sickness, you may go to a spot in Switzerland and get it achieved rapidly. I noticed my father die of most cancers.”

Ozzy additionally informed Rolling Stone UK that the time that his second spinal surgical procedure did not go as deliberate and left him “crippled,” whereas medical doctors discovered a tumor throughout one other process.

“It is actually knocked me about,” the singer mentioned. “The second surgical procedure went drastically fallacious and nearly left me crippled. I believed I might be up and operating after the second and third, however with the final one they put a f–king rod in my backbone. They discovered a tumor in one of many vertebrae, in order that they needed to dig all that out too. It’s fairly tough, man, and my stability is all f–ked up.”

Ozzy — who beforehand struggled with drug and alcohol abuse — mentioned he “ought to have been lifeless method earlier than hundreds” of his late buddies.

“Why am I the final man standing? I do not perceive any of it. Generally I look within the mirror and go, ‘Why the f–k did you make it?!’” he informed Rolling Stone UK. “I am not boasting about any of it as a result of I ought to have been lifeless a thousand occasions. I’ve had my abdomen pumped God is aware of what number of occasions.”

In the meantime, Sharon additionally weighed in on Ozzy’s well being on the time, telling the outlet that it has been troublesome it has been to observe her husband battle together with his well being.

“It has been almost 5 years of heartache, and at occasions I’ve simply felt so helpless and so dangerous for Ozzy, to see him going by the ache,” Sharon mentioned. “He is gone by all these operations and the entire thing has felt like a nightmare. He hasn’t misplaced his humorousness, however I have a look at my husband, and he’s right here whereas everybody else is out on the highway. That is the longest time he has never labored for. Being at house for thus lengthy has been so overseas to him.”

In June 2022, Ozzy underwent a “main operation” that will “decide the remainder of his life,” Sharon mentioned on her UK present Discuss TV on the time. Sharon mentioned the process would handle Ozzy’s neck points that he’d been coping with since his 2003 bike accident.

Following the surgical procedure, Sharon gave an replace, sharing a publish on her Instagram Tales, writing, “Our household wish to specific a lot gratitude for the overwhelming quantity of affection and help main as much as Ozzy’s surgical procedure! Ozzy is doing effectively and on the highway to restoration. Your love means the world to him.”

Ozzy then shared an replace himself on social media.

“I’m now house from the hospital recuperating comfortably,” he tweeted. “I’m positively feeling the love and help from all my followers and ship everybody a giant thanks for his or her ideas, prayers and effectively needs throughout my restoration.”

Ozzy opened up about his well being one month after he went public about his battle with Parkinson’s illness.

“It is not a loss of life sentence,” he defined in an interview with Radio.com on the time. “It is a gentle type of Parkinson’s in the meanwhile. I am not shaking.”

“The physician informed me that I in all probability stroll by ten folks a day who have gotten it and do not even know they have it,” he continued. “You aren’t getting a pimple in your brow, you simply begin strolling a bit humorous I suppose.”

On the time, Ozzy informed The Solar that his Parkinson’s wasn’t his greatest concern.

“If I had a alternative between the Parkinson’s and the f–king neck, I might go for the Parkinson’s,” he mentioned. “I have been laid up for a yr now.”

Ozzy shared that his neck accidents have been leaving him in “unbelievable ache 24/7” and even prescribed painkillers weren’t providing any aid.

Due to his previous with drug abuse, although, he mentioned he was “dying for all of the opiate stuff I am unable to have.”

Ozzy revealed his Parkinson’s illness analysis for the primary time throughout an look on Good Morning America in January 2020 alongside Sharon.

“It has been terribly difficult for us all,” he mentioned on the time. “I did my final present New 12 months’s Eve at The Discussion board. Then I had a nasty fall. I needed to have surgical procedure on my neck, which screwed all my nerves.” It was shortly after the autumn, Ozzy mentioned, that he was recognized with the incurable neurodegenerative dysfunction that causes fixed tremors in most sufferers.

“It is PRKN 2,” Sharon mentioned. “There’s so many various kinds of Parkinson’s; it isn’t a loss of life sentence by any stretch of the creativeness, but it surely does have an effect on sure nerves in your physique. And it is — it is like you’ve a very good day, a very good day, after which a extremely dangerous day.”

Ozzy described the nerve ache and numbness as a “bizarre feeling,” saying he “obtained a numbness down this arm for the surgical procedure, my legs preserve going chilly. I do not know if that is the Parkinson’s or what, you already know, however that is — see, that is the issue. As a result of they minimize nerves once they did the surgical procedure.”