Overview

• Paramount+ debuts Ozzy: No Escape From Now today, a two-hour film directed by Tania Alexander that the family asked to complete after Ozzy’s death and to close with a funeral procession montage.
• Last Rites excerpts describe Ozzy’s acceptance of mortality, his fear of not making the show, and Sharon’s stance that there would be no prerecorded safety net if he couldn’t sing.
• Jack Osbourne told Good Morning America the Villa Park concert felt like “a living wake” in hindsight and said his mother is “OK, but she’s not OK,” though she feels fans’ support.
• Ozzy died July 22 at 76, 17 days after the Birmingham farewell; his death certificate cites out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease with autonomic dysfunction.
• The new accounts chronicle years of setbacks — Parkinson’s, spinal damage, pneumonia and sepsis — and show the intense preparation that enabled his throne-seated final performance without a backup plan.