Ozzy Osbourne was aware his days were limited when he performed his final concert.
“Back to the Beginning,” held July 5, 2025, in Birmingham, England, served as a star-studded tribute to both Black Sabbath and Osbourne. The event featured performances from Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Tool, Slayer, Tom Morello and others. The concert was an appropriate sendoff for Osbourne, who died less than three weeks later.
During a recent appearance on the “Dumb Blonde” podcast, Sharon Osbourne said her late husband had been told he did not have long to live prior to the performance.
“Two weeks before the show, they said he could probably die, and he did,” she said, according to a transcript published by Blabbermouth. “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 want to go my way.’ And he did. He went like a rock star.”
Sharon Osbourne described the experience as “bittersweet.”
“Ozzy had sepsis earlier on last year. Very few people walk away from that without losing a limb or their life,” she said. “As soon as he got sepsis, the kids and I knew it was time. When we went to England, he went into the hospital for a week. When he came out, they said, ‘Ozzy, this could kill you.’ And he said, ‘I’m doing my show.’ He went out like a king.”
Sharon Osbourne said her husband ended his life the way he lived — on his own terms.
“He went the way he wanted to go,” she said. “It was so quick. And thank God. 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.”