Sharon Osbourne Reveals Late Husband Ozzy ‘Knew’ He Was Going to Die but ‘Needed’ to Do Final Show

Sharon Osbourne is still mourning the death of her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne.

During the TV personality’s appearance on the Saturday, February 21, episode of the Dumb Blonde Podcast, host Bunnie Xo asked Sharon how she was coping seven months after her husband’s death on July 22 at age 76.

“Jesus, it’s hard, but I’m getting there,” the former Talk host, 73, admitted. “I’m going to keep working, and I’m going to keep doing what I do in my life, and that’s it.”

When asked if the Osbourne family knew that Ozzy’s time was approaching — and part of the reason why he made his final concert appearance 17 days earlier at the Back to the Beginning farewell concert — Sharon said they were all warned.

“Two weeks before the show, they said he could probably die, and he did,” Sharon said through tears. “But he wanted to do [the concert] so bad. He needed it, you know. And it’s like [he thought]: ‘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 said Ozzy’s death was “bittersweet” following the Prince of Darkness’ bout with sepsis last year. “Very few people ever walk away from that without losing a limb or their life,” she said. “It’s a nightmare.”

“And as soon as he got sepsis, the kids and I knew it was time,” Sharon — who shares adult children Aimee, 42, Kelly, 41, and Jack, 40, with Ozzy — said. “When we went to England, he went into [the] 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.’”

Sharon said that Ozzy’s death was “so quick,” adding: “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.”

Calling him a “rock star” and a “king” once more, Sharon said Ozzy “loved people,” adding: “He loved his audience. He loved them so much. And even if you didn’t like his music, you couldn’t dislike him.”

Ozzy’s cause of death was ruled as acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest, with coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease with autonomic dysfunction listed as associated factors.