Sharon Osbourne has shared heartbreaking new details about her husband Ozzy's final months, revealing that a simple fall triggered a devastating decline in the rock legend's health before his death in July.
The Domino Effect Begins
In an emotional family podcast recording - their first together in over a year - Sharon, 73, was joined by children Jack, 40, and Kelly, 41, to discuss their grief and the circumstances leading to Ozzy's passing from a heart attack.
The matriarch explained that Ozzy's health problems began in December last year when he took "a little fall" while the family was preparing for a holiday in Finland. "He kept saying my back hurts," Sharon recalled during the recording of The Osbournes podcast.
Jack added crucial context about his father's stoic nature: "He wasn't very good at handling pain... but being the gentleman he was, he didn't tell anyone he took a fall and it turned out he had a fracture in his back, in his vertebrae."
Medical Complications Mount
What initially seemed like a manageable injury quickly spiralled into serious health complications. Sharon described how doctors initially assured them the fracture would heal naturally within six weeks, but she knew better given Ozzy's age and complex medical history.
"When they tell me it's going to heal itself because someone of his age with his medical state, the condition of his body and the amount of drugs and other issues - you know it's not going to heal itself," she said frankly. "It would have been a miracle."
The situation rapidly deteriorated into what both Sharon and Jack described as a "domino effect" of health issues. The family abandoned their Christmas plans in the UK as Ozzy's pain became unbearable, requiring hospitalisation.
The back fracture led to pneumonia, a condition that had plagued Ozzy three times in his final year. "He was in hospital and then he got pneumonia and that's happened to him three times in the past year," Sharon revealed.
Family's Heartbreaking Grief
The podcast recording, made around a table covered in magazines featuring the Black Sabbath frontman, also revealed the depth of the family's ongoing grief.
Sharon confessed to struggling with sleeping alone since her husband's death. "I hate going to bed at night," she admitted, with Kelly revealing she slept with her mother for the first two months after Ozzy's passing.
Kelly became emotional discussing her father's absence: "I never realised just how horrible grief is. I never knew I was capable of loving somebody so much and missing somebody so much. I just, I never thought there'd be a day where he wouldn't be here."
Both children found comfort in their own families, with Kelly noting her gratitude that her three-year-old son Sidney got to know his grandfather, while Jack acknowledged that "having the kids has been a huge help."
The family took some solace in the massive public outpouring of support following Ozzy's death. Kelly compared the response to that following Princess Diana's passing, while Sharon noted that Ozzy "wouldn't believe it. He didn't realise how much he was loved."
Jack found a silver lining in the grieving process, explaining: "It is both horrible and beautiful in the way that it forces you to unpack and examine things. Like, yeah, it sucks that he's gone, but also, for me, it has led to a huge amount of gratitude and love and like really cherishing moments that at the time you take for granted."
