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Sharon Osbourne was asked how she is “picking [herself] back up” following the death of her husband, legendary Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne, in July 2025 during an appearance on the most recent episode of the “Dumb Blonde” celebrity podcast, which is hosted by Bunnie XO (real name: Alisa DeFord), wife of country singer Jelly Roll, as per Blabbermouth. Sharon, who oversaw Ozzy‘s career and contributed significantly to his breakthrough as a solo artist following his dismissal from Black Sabbath in 1979.
I’m getting there. I’m getting there. It’s hard. Jesus, it’s hard, but I’m getting there. I’m gonna keep working and I’m gonna keep doing what I do in my life. And that’s it.
When asked if she and the rest of her family were aware that Ozzy was near death when they organized the “Back To The Beginning” event last July, which was Ozzy‘s last performance, Sharon responded as follows.
Yeah. Two weeks before the show, they said he could probably die, and he did. But he wanted to do it so bad. He needed it. And it’s, like, ‘Whether I die in two weeks or I die in six months, I’m still dying. And I wanna go my way.’ And he did. He went like a rock star.
Sharon remarked this in response to the love that was shown at Ozzy and Black Sabbath’s farewell performance.
It’s kind of bittersweet, because, again, we knew. Ozzy had sepsis earlier on last year. And very few people ever walk away from that without losing a limb or their life… And as soon as he got sepsis, the kids and I, we knew it was time. And then when we went to England, he went into hospital for a week. And when he came out, they said, ‘You know, Ozzy, this could kill you.’ And he said, ‘I’m doing my show.’ And it was — I mean, he went out like a king.
The thing is when you’ve lived your life that way, and it was, like, ‘Okay, six months more to go out the way I wanna go out.’ It’s like saying, when you get really old and somebody’s still smoking and they’re, like, 78 years of age, and you’re, like, just let him smoke. Leave him alone. He’s 78. Leave him alone. And it’s, like, he went the way he wanted to go. He knew. He knew.
Sharon also discussed Ozzy‘s last hours and his eventual death from a heart attack at the age of 76.
It was so quick, and thank God. And I knew when they were trying to revive him, I knew. I’m, like, ‘Don’t. Don’t do it. Leave him.’ He was done. But again, he went out like a rock star. Ooh, did he ever? … He was a king. And he loved people. He loved his audience. He loved ’em so much. And even if you didn’t like his music, you couldn’t dislike him.
