Ozzy Osbourne's wife has revealed what the rock star was doing in the minutes before he died and what he last said to her.
In July this year, the Black Sabbath frontman from Birmingham, UK, died surrounded by his loved ones at the age of 76, according to a statement from his family.
The heavy metal icon, who had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019, died after suffering a heart attack in his home, just weeks after taking to the stage for the final time for a one-off benefit concert, Back to the Beginning, at Villa Park in Birmingham, UK.
Now, his widow, Sharon Osbourne, 73, has spoken candidly about Ozzy's death and the touching aftermath, as tributes poured in from around the world, and fans swarmed the streets of his home city to pay their respects.
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Speaking to Piers Morgan on his show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, the reality TV star revealed what happened in Ozzy's final moments.
Sharon said that in the last week before his death, Ozzy had been 'having dreams' and was 'seeing people that he never knew'.
She continued: "I said, 'Well, what kind of people?' He goes, 'All different people. And I just keep walking and walking, and I’m seeing all these different people every night, and I go back there and I’m looking at these people, and they’re looking at me, and nobody’s talking'. And he knew. He was ready."
On what was their final night together, she said her husband had been getting in and out of bed all night.
"It was like 4.30, and he said, 'Wake up'. I said, 'I’m already bloody awake, you’ve woken me up'. And he said, 'Kiss me'. And then he said, 'Hug me tight'," the former X-Factor judge said. "If only I’d have held him tighter. And he went downstairs, worked out for 20 minutes and passed away."
The Osbournes star also recalled the moment she found him, adding: "He had a heart attack. I ran downstairs, and there he was, and they were trying to resuscitate him, and I’m like, ‘Don’t — just leave him. Leave him. You can’t. He’s gone’.
"I knew instantly he’d gone. And they tried and tried, and then they took him by helicopter to the hospital and they tried, and it’s like, ‘He’s gone. Just leave him'."
Sharon also revealed medics warned the family that the benefit gig would likely be Ozzy's last performance, as she said: "The main doctor said to him that if he did the show, 'That's it, you're not gonna get through it'."
On The Osbournes podcast, where they discussed Ozzy's passing, Kelly said the family have been comforted by all the support, adding that it's been 'so helpful'.
"I never could have even imagined it to be as helpful as it has been to know that we're not alone in our grief, in our sadness and that the rest of the world loved him as much as we did," she said.
"I haven't seen an outpouring like that since Princess Diana died. I didn't expect it."
Sharon added: "Ozzy, he wouldn't believe it. He wouldn't. He didn't realise how much he was loved and that was his beauty because he never took it for granted from anyone."
Topics: Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, Piers Morgan, World News, Celebrity
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