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Paramount+ Film Illuminates Ozzy Osbourne’s Final Months and Farewell Plans

Family interviews recount chronic pain, depression, doubts about surgeries.

Overview

  • Paramount+ released Ozzy: No Escape from Now this week, featuring candid testimony about his July 5 Villa Park farewell and his hope to retire to quiet time with Sharon.
  • Official records state he died on July 22 at age 76 from a heart attack, with Parkinson’s disease also cited in the documentation.
  • Reporting tied to the film details a steep decline after a 2019 fall and subsequent surgeries that left him in severe pain and battling depression.
  • Sharon Osbourne says he sometimes wished for death during the worst periods, and Jack Osbourne criticizes some medical interventions as having further weakened him.
  • Birmingham honored the Black Sabbath frontman with a large public procession, reflecting the breadth of mourning for the rock icon.