Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy Kilmister – friends in life, connected in death

There is a disturbing similarity between the deaths of Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath and Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead: both iconic performers passed away barely 17 days after their last show. If anything, it is evidence of each person’s work ethic, as they all gave their utmost despite crippling medical circumstances that would have logically prevented anyone from performing. The iconic power trio Motorhead played a 16-song set consisting of hits at their final performance on December 11, 2015, in Berlin, Germany. Then Lemmy vanished 17 days later, just four days after turning 70. Prostate cancer, cardiac arrhythmia, and congestive heart failure were among the numerous causes of Lemmy’s death.

I couldn’t make head nor tail what the fuck he was talking about, he was so ill. And two days before I spoke to him he just had a birthday, his 70th … I mean, there’s nothing fucking good about fucking dying at any age, you know? But as he said to me, in one of the last conversations I had with him, he says, ‘Well, I lived my life the way I wanted to live it. Who wants to live to 85? You’re gonna be bored shitless.’ Ozzy Osbourne’s final conversation with Lemmy

As we know instead, Ozzy’s last show was on July 5th in Birmingham, UK. Love and adoration poured in in the weeks immediately following the blowout. Then we found out that Back to the Beginning had raised $190 million for charity, more than any other concert in history. The tale only got better and better until the world was rocked by the news of Ozzy’s death on July 22. Though the deluge of social media remarks was now tinged with sadness, opinions on Ozzy and Black Sabbath‘s legacy stayed the same. Like his old friend Lemmy, Ozzy vanished 17 days after his last performance.

New information on Ozzy Osbourne’s death has surfaced, according to the Daily Mail, indicating that a Thames Valley Air Ambulance was sent to his Buckinghamshire house in an effort to save his life. On Tuesday, July 22, the helicopter touched down at Welders House, Osbourne’s Grade II-listed home close to Chalfont St Giles, at approximately 10:30 a.m. After spending around two hours on the spot, the crew left at 12:30 p.m. In neighboring Jordans, residents said they heard and saw the helicopter and were terrified. Responders apparently thought the Black Sabbath frontman’s life was in imminent danger after receiving the emergency call. Later that morning, Osbourne was declared dead in spite of the intervention.

Thames Valley Air Ambulance would not provide any additional information, although they did confirm the aircraft’s deployment. That evening, the Osbourne family confirmed Ozzy’s passing in a statement, stating that he was surrounded by family members. Ozzy and Sharon bought Welders House in 1993, and it was recently renovated with a rehab wing and other facilities to meet his deteriorating health. The cause of death has not yet been made public.