Overview

• Osbourne died on July 22 at 76, and his family initially confirmed his passing without specifying a cause.
• Major outlets including The New York Times and The Sun obtained the London-registered certificate and published its details on August 5.
• The certificate identifies out-of-hospital cardiac arrest followed by an acute myocardial infarction as his immediate causes of death.
• It also lists coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s with autonomic dysfunction as contributing conditions that aggravated his fatal heart event.
• Aimée Osbourne formally lodged the certificate and the family reiterated that his death was from natural causes, refuting assisted-death rumors.