Doctors Told 76-Year-Old Ozzy Osbourne He Was Dying 2 Weeks Before Final Concert
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Updated · CNN · Jul 22
Doctors Told 76-Year-Old Ozzy Osbourne He Was Dying 2 Weeks Before Final Concert
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jul 22
Summary
Two weeks before Ozzy Osbourne’s July 5 farewell show in Birmingham, doctors told him he was dying and urged him not to perform, Sharon Osbourne said.
Ozzy went ahead anyway, taking the stage seated on a bat-topped throne at Villa Park and reuniting with Black Sabbath’s original lineup for the “Back to the Beginning” concert.
Sharon said the charity show lifted him in his final days after depression and fears he would not be able to sing, calling it a “gift” that left him happiest in his last two weeks.
One year after his death at 76, Sharon shared the details during Birmingham’s first Ozzy Day, saying the city never forgot him and urging fans to remember him by playing his music loud.