Ozzyโฃ Osbourne Secretly Hospitalized Weeks Before Final Concert
Ozzy Osbourne was secretly hospitalized for several weeks prior to hisโ final performance with Black Sabbath in โBirmingham, โengland, on February 13, 2017, his family has revealed. The revelation โคsheds new light onโค the singer’s condition in the months leadingโค up to his death on โMarch 9, โฃ2024, and underscores the extent to โคwhich he concealed his declining health from both fans and, seemingly, himself.
The Osbourne family shared details of the pre-concert health scare,โค previously undisclosed, as they reflected on theโ emotional weight โof the show andโ Ozzy’s subsequent rapid decline. Theโ hospitalization, occurring weeksโ before the Birmingham gig, initially prompted discussions about cancellation, โbut Osbourne staunchly resisted the idea. “He’d be like, ‘No, no, no don’t cancelโฃ it,'” Sharon Osbourne recounted. This disclosureโฃ arrives โas fans continue to mourn the loss of the iconic frontman โandโ grapple with the legacyโ of his decades-long career, highlighting the โคpersonal toll his โคrelentless dedication to performing took on him and his loved ones.
Sharon Osbourne described her husband as โคbeing “in awe” of the overwhelmingly positive response to the final concert and theโ criticalโ acclaim it received. She explainedโฃ that Ozzy was โsurprisedโ by the depth of affection people held โคfor him โas anโ individual, โขseparate from his musical โpersona. โ”He didn’t realize how manyโข people loved him as a person – not as the frontman of Black Sabbath or as his own thing – it was just his being,” she said. “people loved him. He never got it.He had no understanding ofโ it whatsoever.”
The family believed the energy derived from the performance โwouldโฃ provide Osbourne with renewed strength. Though, Sharon โขadmitted she hadn’t anticipated the speed of his subsequent โhealth deterioration. Kelly Osbourne, though, suggested her father possessed an โawareness of his impending mortality, even if he โdidn’t openly express it.
“It’s only โin retrospect that I see that now,” Kelly said, noting that her fatherโ began making statements that appeared to be preparing her for his eventual passing. “Because he โฃstarted saying things to me that I think he was preparing โฃme for when he wasn’t going to be here. I just thought that theโ buzz of the show, and everything that gave him, would give him enough to stickโข around โขa little longer.”
