Ozzy Osbourne farewell show charity total disputed; BBC pulled film.

A star-studded farewell concert for Ozzy Osbourne at Villa Park in July has become a battleground over how much money was actually raised for charity, even as the singer’s death weeks later sharpened the public focus on his final years. While organizers described the event as a major charitable win, Sharon Osbourne has publicly challenged the figure most widely circulated in the media, saying the final donation total is still being calculated. In a separate development, a BBC documentary about Osbourne’s last months was pulled from its scheduled air time hours before it was due to premiere, prompting questions about scheduling decisions at the broadcaster.

Preparations for the Back to the Beginning show foregrounded the goal of directing proceeds to three beneficiaries: Acorns Children’s Hospice, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Cure Parkinson’s. A post from the event’s musical director suggested a figure in the vicinity of 190 million pounds, while other estimates floated as much as 140 million pounds. Sharon Osbourne rejected these round numbers, describing the reporting as “ridiculous” and stressing that final accounting would take time. “It takes a really long time to...