Sharon Osbourne: ‘I visit Ozzy’s grave every day’
Sharon Osbourne says she visits her husband Ozzy’s grave every day and is learning to live with his death, 15 months after he died aged 76. She spoke about her grief as the family prepares to release a film of his final concert, where he reunited with Black Sabbath in Birmingham less than three weeks before his death.
Ozzy died at home in Buckinghamshire after a heart attack, following years of health problems including Parkinson’s disease. Thousands of fans lined the streets of Birmingham for his funeral procession, and the family collected their messages and turned the flowers into compost for the garden where he is buried. Sharon and Ozzy met in 1970 and married in 1982; the concert film, Back To The Beginning, includes more than 25 songs from the event.
In short
- Sharon visits Ozzy’s grave every day.
- Fans’ tributes comforted the family after his death.
- A film captures Ozzy’s final concert with Black Sabbath.
Explained simply
Ozzy Osbourne was a British singer best known as the frontman of Black Sabbath, the Birmingham heavy metal band formed in 1968. He later had a long solo career and became widely known to television audiences through The Osbournes, a reality series featuring his family.
Sharon Osbourne, his wife and longtime manager, met him in 1970 and married him in 1982. Ozzy had Parkinson’s disease and other health problems before his death at 76; his family and fans marked his life in Birmingham, where Black Sabbath began.
Black Sabbath’s music helped shape heavy metal, and the band’s reunion in Birmingham was a significant event for its fans. A film of the concert gives audiences a record of one of Ozzy’s final performances.