Sharon Osbourne is sharing her emotional response after the 2026 Grammy Awards paid tribute to her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne.
In the course of the Sunday, February 1, music awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Submit MaloneWeapons N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan and Slashthe Crimson Sizzling Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith and Andrew Watt carried out Black Sabbath’s hit track “Battle Pigs” whereas a visibly tearful Sharon and her kids, Aimee, Jack and Kellywatched.
“Final evening was greater than a efficiency. It was a second carved into musical historical past. Reminding everybody that rock isn’t nostalgia — it’s alive, evolving, and nonetheless the heartbeat of music,” Sharon, 73, wrote by way of X on Monday, February 2.
“Submit, you have been pure magic, a shapeshifter with a voice that may bend into any style. Slash, Duff, Andrew, Chad, you’re the grasp of your craft and full icons. Actually from the underside of my coronary heart, thanks ❤️ Ozzy was positively within the constructing ✌️ 🙏🤘,” Sharon added.
Ozzy Osbourne offered greater than 100 million information worldwide between his solo profession and his days as a member of Black Sabbath previous to his loss of life in 2025. The England native bought his begin in 1967 when he joined bassist Geezer Butler’s first band, Uncommon Breed, as a vocalist. Though the group didn’t final lengthy, (…)
Ozzy died aged 76 in July 2025 after a protracted battle with Parkinson’s illness.
“It’s with extra disappointment than mere phrases can convey that we now have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has handed away this morning,” the rock legend’s household stated in an announcement to Us Weekly on the time. “He was together with his household and surrounded by love. We ask everybody to respect our household privateness presently.”
Ozzy’s reason behind loss of life was listed as cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery illness and Parkinson’s illness, in response to a loss of life certificates obtained by the U.Okay.’s The Solar newspaper in August 2025.
Throughout a December 2025 look on Piers Morgan UncensoredSharon opened up about her husband’s last phrases to her.
Ozzy Osbourne’s life on and off the stage was crammed with numerous OMG moments. All through his profession, the Black Sabbath member stored followers guessing with what he was going to say — and do — subsequent. Through the years, Osbourne made headlines for reportedly stripping in Germany, portray his nostril purple and by chance peeing on (…)
“He informed me that he was having goals the final week of his life. He was seeing those that he by no means knew,” the music supervisor stated. “I stated, ‘Nicely, what sort of folks?’ He goes, ‘All totally different folks. I simply preserve strolling and strolling, and I’m seeing all these totally different folks each evening, and I am going again there and I’m taking a look at these folks, they usually’re taking a look at me, and no person’s speaking.’ And he knew. He was prepared.”
“The evening earlier than he handed, he (bought) up and all the way down to the toilet all evening, and it was, like, 4:30 and he stated, ‘Get up,’” Sharon recalled. “He stated, ‘Kiss me,’ after which he stated, ‘Hug me tight?’”
The subsequent morning, Sharon found Ozzy had died.
“(I heard) screaming in the home, and I ran downstairs, and there he was, they usually have been making an attempt to resuscitate him, and I’m, like, ‘Don’t, go away him. He’s gone,’” she stated. “I knew immediately he’s gone. And so they tried and tried, after which they took him by helicopter to the hospital they usually tried, and it’s, like, ‘He’s gone. Simply go away him.’”
Earlier than his loss of life, Ozzy carried out one final live performance with Black Sabbath in his hometown of Birmingham, England, regardless of docs caring about his well being.
“He’d been so ailing this 12 months, terribly, terribly ailing, and after we got here to England, we have been assembly with new docs right here,” Sharon stated. “The primary physician stated to him, ‘If you happen to do that (farewell) present, that’s it. You’re not going to get by way of it.’ We simply sat there, and he stated, ‘I’m doing it, I need to do it and I’m doing it.’”