Overview

• Published excerpts from Last Rites describe an arrhythmia and a heart valve said to be 80% blocked, with Ozzy writing that sepsis contributed to his heart issues.
• He wrote that doctors declined valve surgery because stopping the blood thinners used for his Parkinson’s would be too risky.
• NME and PerthNow report Ozzy asked for a prerecorded video in case he was too ill to perform at the July 5 farewell concert, but Sharon Osbourne insisted there be no backup.
• The BBC One special Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home aired Oct. 2, and Paramount+ will debut Ozzy: No Escape From Now on Oct. 7, which includes his admission of past suicidal thoughts after a neck surgery.
• The August death certificate lists out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and acute myocardial infarction with coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s with autonomic dysfunction, as family members publicly reflect on his final show and their grief.