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Following her acceptance of an award in the Prince of Darkness’ honor, Kelly Osbourne acknowledged her late father Ozzy‘s supporters, as reported by loudersound. Kelly accepted the Birmingham Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of the Black Sabbath singer after Ozzy‘s posthumous win on October 17. The youngest daughter of Ozzy and his wife/manager Sharon then rushed to Instagram to write a moving ode to her father, the fans, and the city of Birmingham, where Ozzy was raised.
Last night I had the honor of accepting my father’s life time achievement award on his behalf at the @birminghamawards I can’t thank everyone enough for their love and support. I know that my dad was shining down on us from heaven with pride because being a #Brummy meant more to him than anything. He loved the city and he loved the people. This honor would have meant the world to him. From the bottom of my heart thank you. #birminghamforever
Shortly before he passed away from a heart attack, Ozzy Osbourne was aware that he had severe heart issues. The heavy metal legend discloses that he suffered from arrhythmia and “a dodgy heart valve” in his dying weeks in the penultimate chapter of his upcoming memoir, “Last Rites”. The chapter was written following Osbourne‘s July 5th, this year, retirement show, “Back To The Beginning”. On July 22, the singer passed away. He continues by explaining that a recent sepsis infection was the source of his cardiac problems. In 2023, following his final spinal surgery in a lengthy series of surgeries, he became infected.
It’s never silly little things, it’s always life-or-death. The valve is 80 percent blocked, apparently. The sepsis also gave me something called arrhythmia – when your heart can’t keep time, like a drummer in a bad pub band – so cheers for that.
He continues by saying that doctors declined to operate on his valve because doing so “would be too dangerous” because it would require him to stop taking the blood thinners he was taking to treat his Parkinson’s illness.
Meanwhile, the thinners mean if I ever fall over, I’d bleed out in about five seconds. I’ve honestly lost count of the ways in which getting old sucks.
