Sharon Osbourne has revealed her husband Ozzy’s poignant final ever words to her as she recounted the heartbreaking details from the day he died for the first time.
Speaking with Piers Morgan on his Uncensored show the grieving star, 73, gave an unflinching account of what happened.
Black Sabbath legend Ozzy died of heart failure at his Buckinghamshire home on July 22, just two weeks after performing a farewell concert with his bandmates at Birmingham‘s Villa Park.
Now, The Sun reports in their first look at the interview with Piers that his final words to her on that day were: ‘Kiss me. Hug me tight.’
She told how on the fateful day he had woken at 4am and just 20 minutes later he was dead.
Sharon was left screaming after finding him slumped over in the gym at their house after he had decided to have an early morning workout despite his ill health at the time – including previous battles with pneumonia and sepsis.
Sharon Osbourne has revealed her husband Ozzy’s poignant final ever words to her as she recounted the heartbreaking details from the day he died for the first time
Black Sabbath legend Ozzy died of heart failure at his Buckinghamshire home on July 22, just two weeks after performing a farewell concert with his bandmates at Birmingham’s Villa Park
After she heard yelling she ran to the gym – where he normally used a cross-trainer for up to 90 minutes a day.
Sharon said in the interview: ‘He had a heart attack. I ran downstairs, and there he was, and they were trying to resuscitate him, and I’m like, ‘Don’t — just leave him. Leave him. You can’t. He’s gone’.
‘I knew instantly he’d gone. And they tried and tried, and then they took him by helicopter to the hospital and they tried, and it’s like, “He’s gone. Just leave him”.’
Before he had headed to the gym Sharon said he had been up and down all night in the bathroom and when it was around 4.30am he said to her ‘wake up’ before she told him that he had already actually woken her up.
Then she says he told her: ‘And he said, “Kiss me. Hug me tight”.’
He then went downstairs to the gym for his workout and within 20 minutes he was gone.
In the chat she also told how Ozzy knew that he was near the end of his life and that a doctor had told him if he did his planned final show he ‘wouldn’t get through it’ – but he insisted on going ahead anyway.
She also insisted she will never get married again after the loss, tearfully saying: ‘That’s it for now’.
Sharon was left screaming after finding him slumped over in the gym at their house after he had decided to have an early morning workout despite his ill health
Ozzy’s final words to Sharon on that day were: ‘Kiss me. Hug me tight..’
In the chat she also told how Ozzy knew that he was near the end of his life and that a doctor had told him if he did his planned final show he ‘wouldn’t get through it’ – but he insisted on it
It comes after last week Sharon and her daughter Kelly posted touching tributes to Ozzy on the late rocker’s birthday.
On what would have been his 77th birthday Sharon took to Instagram with a tribute and shared a series of loved-up and never-before-seen images with him.
She penned alongside the slideshow: ‘My darling husband, I celebrate the day you were born. I will never let go of your hand until I see you on the other side.’
Sharon also shared a video of a floral tribute to Ozzy in Birmingham on Black Sabbath Bridge that read ‘Happy Birthday Ozzy.’ The clip was poignantly set to his hit See You On The Other Side.
The floral display featured a sign from four of his six children that read: ‘We love you daddy, love Louis, Aimee, Kelly and Jack.’
Meanwhile Kelly wrote in her separate tribute: ‘Happy birthday I miss you daddy! I love you more than life itself!’, along with a selection of snaps with him when she was a child.
In another Instagram post she shared snaps at the floral display area in Birmingham and said: ‘Happy birthday daddy you most certainly did not die an ordinary man! Life without you is hard but not a day goes by that I don’t dedicate my life to loving you and your legacy!
Just last week Sharon shared a series of never before seen and loved-up pictures with her rocker husband
Following the news of his passing, Sharon opened up on social media to thank fans for the ‘overwhelming love and support’ shown towards her by his fans (seen at the funeral)
‘I miss you more than anything in the world. I love you until eternity! What I would not give to watch you blow out just one more candle.’
Ozzy had been battling a number of health issues in the years leading up to his death, including a fall in 2019 at the family’s home, which saw his condition further deteriorate.
Following the news of his passing, Sharon opened up on social media to thank fans for the ‘overwhelming love and support’ shown towards her by his fans.
Sharon admitted she had been ‘carried through’ by those around her, adding she was ‘still finding her footing’ after losing the husband she often said she lived for.
Kelly recently shared her heartache over watching mum Sharon care for sick Ozzy through to his final moments in a new documentary, filmed during the final three years of his life.
In one scene, Kelly said: ‘I think what’s happening to my mum is the most heartbreaking part of this whole thing.
‘And I think that watching the man that she loves most in this world wither is really, really hard.’
Just last week Kelly shared a heartbreaking clip of her father putting up their Christmas decorations as they prepare to spend their first year without him.
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Kelly Osbourne shares a heartbreaking clip of her father Ozzy putting up their Christmas decorations as they spend their first year without him
Kelly, 41, opened up about the Osbournes’ festive tradition of putting up the Christmas tree together.
Explaining that the family usually puts up their tree today, she revealed that their celebrations will never be the same now that Ozzy is gone.
Alongside, she shared a sweet video of her late father detangling Christmas lights and getting into the festive spirit..
The clip saw the rock legend comically swearing as he struggles to undo a string of lights for the Christmas tree.
Ozzy then eventually shouted up to his beloved wife Sharon and asked for help as he walked away.
Reposting from another online user, she penned: ‘We are meant to be putting up the Christmas tree today! It won’t be the same (crying emoji)’
Ozzy died after battling Parkinson’s Disease for six years, just weeks after Black Sabbath performed their final show together in their hometown.
The rocker reunited with his original bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the first time since 2005 to bid an emotional farewell to his decades of performing live on stage.
It comes after last week Sharon and her daughter Kelly posted touching tributes to Ozzy on the late rocker’s birthday
New BBC One documentary Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home will chart the self-styled Prince Of Darkness’s return to the United Kingdom after more than three decades in the United States with his wife and children.
It will feature Jack and his sibling Kelly speaking about their mum Sharon’s pain over Ozzy’s final years, nursing him through painful operations and trying to help him.
It will also show behind-the-scenes footage from his final farewell concert at Villa Park, following his long battle with Parkinson’s.
It follows the new Paramount+ documentary Ozzy: No Escape From Now, which features Jack and Kelly’s older sister Aimee speaking about her father’s final few years.