Jack Osbourne has shared his first in-depth reflections on the loss of life of his father, the legendary Ozzy Osbourne, who handed away on July 22, 2025 at Harefield Hospital in West London following a coronary heart assault. The loss of life certificates additionally listed coronary artery illness and Parkinson’s illness as contributing situations.
Talking through a YouTube video on September 3, Jack detailed how he discovered the information and the flood of feelings that adopted. “I left [the United Kingdom] on the 13th of July. I got here residence [to Los Angeles], and, yeah, my dad was nice. He was in an excellent temper. He was joyful. [On July 22] I awakened in Los Angeles to a knock on my home door at round 3:45 within the morning. Somebody who’s labored for my household for in all probability 30 years now was knocking on my door, and after I seemed by means of my window and I noticed it was him, I simply knew one thing dangerous had occurred. And I used to be knowledgeable that my father had handed.”
Jack described his speedy response, saying: “I instantly — I do not know — [I felt] simply ache, simply unhappiness and ache and simply so many ideas. You undergo this of feeling unhappy and pissed off and indignant and this a part of you that is, like, ‘I’ve to get there proper now. I’ve to.’ However there was a degree of like, okay, he isn’t not struggling anymore. He is not struggling.’ And that’s one thing.
“I want he was nonetheless right here, I want he was nonetheless with us all, however he was having a tough go. And I feel folks noticed that on the [‘Back To The Beginning’] present [on July 5]. However nobody anticipated it to occur as shortly because it did. And when it did, it was not something that was on our radar. I do know main as much as it, there was all types of stuff going round about my dad going to Switzerland and he was gonna euthanize himself and this was all deliberate and this was this… It was not — completely not. That’s categorically unfaithful and ridiculous.
“My dad, he was so joyful that he did the present and he was joyful to type of transfer into this subsequent section of his life,” Jack continued. “He needed to, to spend extra time in England. He needed to spend extra time with my youngsters. He needed to spend extra time with simply exploring various things as a lot as he may.”
Rumors had circulated within the weeks prior that Ozzy was contemplating touring to Switzerland for assisted dying — hypothesis Jack firmly denied. “That’s categorically unfaithful and ridiculous,” he mentioned. “My dad was so joyful after the ‘Again to the Starting’ present. He needed to spend extra time in England, with my youngsters, and simply get pleasure from life.”
The July 5 Again To The Starting live performance, which reunited Black Sabbath for the ultimate time, now stands as Ozzy‘s final public efficiency. Jack highlighted the profound timing of that farewell: “There’s nearly a perfection to it. He acquired to say goodbye in such a profound manner. He acquired to thank his followers. He acquired to see previous associates. He acquired to carry out. A lot was achieved earlier than the total cease.”
Jack additionally mirrored on their shut relationship in Ozzy‘s closing years: “He wasn’t only a father to me. He was my colleague. We labored collectively in so many capacities. I had not too long ago moved. There was a interval the place I used to be between homes and I moved again in with him. So he was my housemate in my late thirties. And it was superior. Me and the children have been residing right here. Only a pal, a textual content buddy, a joke cracker.
“I used to be so fortunate,” he continued. “I had such an excellent relationship with him, and I am so grateful. And I feel that is been — the overwhelming feeling has been gratitude. Deep gratitude. I am so grateful that he was my father. And I am certain folks suppose, ‘Nicely, yeah, why would not you be?’ However the materials element of it pales into comparability for the stuff that basically, actually made him a father. He was deeply difficult. He was humorous and peculiar and awkward and clumsy and simply hilarious and so insightful.
“I’ve mentioned this earlier than, however I feel my father was in all probability one of the vital deliberate folks you have ever come throughout. He knew what was happening on a regular basis, and folks could have thought he was checked out, however more often than not he needed you to suppose he was checked out. However he was very conscious at all times.”
The Osbourne household has been touched by the worldwide outpouring of grief and tributes, from flowers laid at Birmingham’s Black Sabbath Bridge to numerous messages on-line. “We noticed all of it. We learn all of the letters. It did not go unnoticed,” Jack emphasised. “It meant a lot and validated what we knew — that we weren’t alone in our love for him.”
He concluded with a poignant message: “It has been a tough six weeks as a household. The worth we pay for loving somebody a lot is grief. And I am okay with that. Ozzy Osbourne doesn’t finish as a result of he handed away on July 22nd. He is exploding by means of the universe, and we’re all seeing it.”
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