In line with The New York Instances, Ozzy Osbourne died of a coronary heart assault. A dying certificates filed at a registry in London and submitted by Osbourne‘s daughter Aimée Rose Osbourne additionally signifies that the legendary BLACK SABBATH singer had suffered from coronary artery illness and Parkinson’s illness. The certificates, which lists his occupation as “Songwriter, Performer and Rock Legend”, additional states that Osbourne died of “(a) Out of hospital cardiac arrest (b) Acute myocardial infarction (c) Coronary artery illness and Parkinson’s illness with autonomic dysfunction (Joint Causes),” in accordance with The New York Instances. The doc additionally says that the center assault occurred “out of hospital.”
Two days after Ozzy‘s dying, Each day Mail reported that an air ambulance was known as to Welders Home, the BLACK SABBATH singer’s mansion in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom mansion, on the morning of July 22. Simply quarter-hour later, at 10:30 a.m., the chopper landed in a subject close to the Osbourne property. Round 12:30 p.m., the paramedics returned to their base 27 miles away at RAF Benson, close to Wallingford, South Oxfordshire.
“We are able to affirm that our helicopter was dispatched to offer superior important care at an incident close to Chalfont St Giles yesterday,” a spokesperson for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance wrote to the Each day Mail.
Ozzy‘s 85-year-old sister Jean Powell additionally spoke to The Mirror concerning the singer’s dying and stated that it was surprising. “He was frail however it nonetheless got here as a shock,” she stated. “He nonetheless had plans and issues he needed to do. We do not know the small print of his dying; it is nonetheless too early. It is simply so unhappy. I am simply grateful he died in England.”
Ozzy died the morning of July 22, his household introduced in a press release.
“It’s with extra unhappiness than mere phrases can convey that we now have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has handed away this morning. He was along with his household and surrounded by love. We ask everybody to respect our household privateness presently,” the household stated.
Osbourne had battled a variety of well being points over the previous a number of years, together with Parkinson’s illness and accidents he sustained from a late-night fall in 2019.
A non-public funeral service for Ozzy was held final Thursday, July 31 on the 250-acre grounds of the home he and his spouse purchased in 1993. Solely 110 of the singer’s family and friends members attended the service, together with Rob Zombie, Zakk Wylde, Robert Trujillo (METALLICA) and Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT).
The day earlier than the personal funeral, hundreds of followers gathered within the streets of Birmingham to pay tribute to Ozzy. Sharon, together with their youngsters Aimée, Kelly and Jack, joined mourners for the emotional tribute.
The legendary BLACK SABBATH frontman was identified in 2003 with Parkin 2 — a really uncommon genetic type of Parkinson’s. Throughout a TV look in January 2020, the singer disclosed that he was ‘stricken” with the illness which happens when the nerve cells of the physique degenerate and ranges of dopamine are lowered. Dopamine is a necessary chemical that’s produced by these nerve cells which ship alerts to totally different components of the mind to regulate actions of the physique.
Ozzy‘s well being points, together with struggling a nasty fall and dislodging steel rods positioned in his backbone following a quad-bike accident in 2003, in addition to catching COVID-19 three years in the past, pressured him to cancel a few of his beforehand introduced excursions.
Regardless of his well being issues, Osbourne had carried out a few occasions within the final three years, together with on the Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham in August 2022 and on the NFL halftime present on the season opener Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Payments sport in September 2022.
Ozzy performed his remaining present a month in the past at Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom. On the time he advised followers: “You have no concept how I really feel. Thanks from the underside of my coronary heart.”
Ozzy‘s remaining live performance noticed him and his fellow unique SABBATH bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Invoice Ward carry out 4 songs for greater than 40,000 individuals within the stadium and 5.8 million extra on a livestream. The pageant titled “Again To The Starting” served as a tribute to the legendary heavy steel act, together with further performances from such different teams as METALLICA, GUNS N’ ROSES, SLAYER, TOOL, PANTERA and ALICE IN CHAINS. Ozzy additionally performed a five-song solo set whereas seated in a bat-adorned throne.
In a 2023 interview with Rolling Stone, Osbourne stated he would “die a cheerful man” if he might carry out yet one more present to specific his gratitude to his followers from the stage.
“If I can not proceed doing reveals frequently, I simply need to be properly sufficient to do one present the place I can say, ‘Hello, guys. Thanks a lot for my life.’ That is what I am working in the direction of, and if I drop down lifeless on the finish of it, I am going to die a cheerful man,” he stated on the time.
When Ozzy introduced that he was retiring from touring in 2023, he stated in a press release: “In all good conscience, I’ve now come to the conclusion that I am not bodily able to doing my upcoming European/U.Ok. tour dates, as I do know I couldn”t cope with the journey required. Imagine me once I say that the considered disappointing my followers actually fucks me up, greater than you’ll ever know. By no means would I’ve imagined that my touring days would have ended this fashion.”
Osbourne leaves behind his spouse, Sharon, and their youngsters, Aimée, Kelly and Jack, as properly his two older youngsters, Jessica and Louis, from his first marriage to Thelma Riley, and grandchildren.