Ozzy Osbourne’s Final Health Battle: Parkinson’s, Heart Attack, and Addiction Revealed
Newly obtained documents confirm that Ozzy Osbourne died of a heart attack, with Parkinson’s and coronary artery disease as contributing factors.
I’m Sage Matthews, doomscrolling once more at 2 AM, shaking my head and muttering, “Of course this happened.” And just like that, we have another rock legend’s final curtain call to dissect.
The death certificate obtained by The New York Times lays out the grim facts: Ozzy Osbourne, the 76-year-old Prince of Darkness, succumbed to a heart attack on July 22, with chronic coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease listed as joint causes. It feels inevitable that the man who cheated death onstage and off could not outlast his own failing body.
Osbourne’s passing was announced by his wife, Sharon Osbourne, their children Aimee, Kelly and Jack, and his eldest son Louis from his first marriage, via a statement to E! News. They confirmed he “was with his family and surrounded by love” and requested privacy during this final farewell. In celebrity culture, privacy is a luxury rarely granted.
Just 17 days prior, Ozzy had reunited with Black Sabbath for a final hometown show in Birmingham, England, capping a five-decade saga that began with Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. The band honored him on social media with the simple tagline “Ozzy Forever,” reminding us that fame outlives flesh.
Ozzy’s health decline began in earnest when he revealed a Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2020. On a February episode of his SiriusXM show Ozzy Speaks, he admitted, “I go on about the way I can’t walk and I can’t do this, but you know what I was thinking over the holidays? For all of my complaining, I’m still alive.” Kelly Osbourne publicly shot down rumors last month, insisting “He’s not dying,” despite acknowledging his mobility struggles.
Over the last few years, multiple surgeries – to repair a 2003 ATV accident and a serious fall in 2019 – took their toll. By 2023, Ozzy declared on Piers Morgan Uncensored that his final procedure was behind him after “five years of absolute hell.” He also battled blood clots and checked his blood pressure “15 times a day,” per The Sun, using a finger monitor to track heart rate spikes.
Addiction was never far from his narrative. In his 2011 documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, he confessed that by midnight some nights he had “powder up my nose, s— in my veins, all kinds of stuff.” A notorious daredevil stunt had him snorting live ants to outdo Motley Crue. He credits Sharon for pulling him toward sobriety, though he admitted on a 2024 episode of The Madhouse Chronicles that he still indulges in marijuana occasionally.
So here we are, piecing together the final chapter of a man who seemed unstoppable. Society cheers the chaos until it kills us, then wonders why we’re stunned. Anyway, can’t wait to see how soothing tributes morph into revisionist myths next.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and The New York Times, E! News, SiriusXM, The Sun, Piers Morgan Uncensored, God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, The Madhouse Chronicles
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