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Paramount+ Film Reveals Ozzy Osbourne’s Sepsis and Pneumonia Before Final Villa Park Show

A new documentary recounts the health crises that preceded his farewell performance and reframes his final months through family reflections.

Overview

  • Ozzy: No Escape from Now chronicles Osbourne’s final years, detailing Parkinson’s, complications from a 2019 neck surgery and a cracked vertebra that limited treatment options.
  • He survived pneumonia and then sepsis in the weeks before the July 5 Back to the Beginning concert in Birmingham, yet he trained to make the stage.
  • At Villa Park he was lifted onstage seated on a bat-shaped throne and performed hits while remaining seated for the closing set.
  • In footage, Osbourne says he looked forward to retiring after the show to spend time with his wife Sharon, reflecting that he had already outlived his expectations.
  • The film includes daughter Kelly’s comment that he never got over his 1979 firing from Black Sabbath; Osbourne died on July 22 at 76, with People reporting a heart attack.