Sharon Osbourne says she will never get over Ozzy’s death

Sharon Osbourne says she is still struggling with the death of her husband, rock singer Ozzy Osbourne, more than a year after his death, and visits his grave every day.

Sharon Osbourne says she is still struggling with the death of her husband, rock singer Ozzy Osbourne, more than a year after his death, and visits his grave every day.

In an interview with the BBC published on Monday, Sharon recalled their final moments together and said she was learning to live with the loss.

Ozzy, the frontman of heavy metal band Black Sabbath, died aged 76 on July 22, 2025, less than three weeks after performing at his farewell concert, “Back to the Beginning”, in his home city of Birmingham.

Despite years of health problems, including Parkinson’s disease and a fractured vertebra, his death came as a shock to his family.

“He was just so, so happy,” Sharon said, recalling how her husband had spent time reading reviews of the concert online.

“He was online, going through the reviews and saying, ‘There’s something terribly wrong’, and I’m like, ‘Why?’”

“He goes, ‘I didn’t get slagged by anybody. Why are people being nice to me?’ And I’m like, ‘Because they like you,’” she said.

Sharon recalled that Ozzy had woken early on the morning of his death and gone downstairs for his usual workout. He suffered a heart attack shortly afterwards, and an air ambulance was called, but attempts to save him were unsuccessful.

“I was asleep,” she said.

“We’d spoken in the night. Ozzy had woken in the night and he asked me to kiss him twice, and I did. And then he said, ‘Hold me, hold me tight,’ and I did.”

“And then the next thing I know, it’s early in the morning, and someone comes rushing into the room saying, ‘Come down now’. I ran down, and that was it,” she said.

Sharon said the grief had not gone away.

“You’ve lost the love of your life, so you don’t just wake up and go, ‘I’m fine now. I’m cured,’” she said.

“You never get over it. But you learn to live with it, and that’s what I’m trying to do. So you either sit in a room and don’t come out, or you accept it, befriend it, and that’s it.”

Thousands of fans lined the streets of Birmingham for Ozzy’s funeral, laying flowers and singing Black Sabbath songs as his hearse travelled through the city. A purple floral tribute shaped like a cross was placed on the vehicle.

Sharon said her husband would have been bewildered by the public outpouring of affection.

“He’d have been like, ‘What’s the matter with you guys? Go home!’” she said.

The response brought comfort to the family. Sharon said fans’ cards and messages were collected, sorted and photographed, while the flowers were composted for the family garden, where Ozzy is buried.

She said she had chosen a private burial because she wanted her husband to rest peacefully, away from the attention that can surround the graves of public figures.

Sharon also said she still talks to her husband and can see his grave from her window.