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Sharon Osbourne Recalls Ozzy's Final Words Before Death

Published 10 December 2025

Sharon Osbourne has shared the poignant final words her husband, Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, spoke to her before his death on July 22 at the age of 76 in the family's Buckinghamshire home in England.

In an emotional interview with Piers Morgan, Sharon recounted the early morning hours of that day, when Ozzy, restless after a night of frequent bathroom visits, woke her around 4:30 a.m. "Wake up," he said. "I'm already bloody awake, you've woken me up," she replied. He then asked, "Kiss me," followed by, "Hug me tight." Just 20 minutes later, after heading downstairs for his daily workout on the cross-trainer, Ozzy suffered a heart attack. Sharon rushed to the gym upon hearing commotion and found him slumped over. Medical personnel attempted resuscitation on the scene, then transported him by helicopter to a hospital, where efforts continued. "Don't just leave him. Leave him. You can't. He's gone," Sharon recalled urging them. "I knew instantly he'd gone."

Ozzy had battled severe health challenges in his final years, including a Parkinson's disease diagnosis in 2019, multiple bouts of pneumonia, and a severe case of sepsis earlier that year. The sepsis, treated with...

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