The disease with which Ozzy Osbourne was diagnosed in 2019. How his health has evolved until death

Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary soloist of Black Sabbath, has faced in the last two decades with serious health problems, culminating in the diagnosis of Parkinson's and multiple surgery. The artist died on Tuesday, at the age of 76.

The British star, nicknamed the “prince of darkness”, was diagnosed in 2019 with a rare form by Parkinson – Parkin 2 – and the disease was publicly announced the following year, according to The Sun. In an interview given at the time with his wife, Sharon, Osbourne said he could no longer hide what is happening to him.

“It is not a death sentence, but it affects your nerves in your body. You can have a good day, another good day and then a very bad one,” explains Sharon.

“I am on a lot of medicines, especially because of the operation. I have numbness on an arm and my legs are cool. I don't know if it's from Parkinson or something else. That's the problem,” Ozzy added.

In addition to mobility problems, the disease causes pain, episodes of depression and circulatory problems.

An accident that changed his life

The artist's health problems did not start with the 2019 diagnosis. In 2003, Osbourne suffered a serious accident with an ATV on its property in Buckinghamshire. He was 55 years old then and chose with the clavicle and six broken ribs, and the doctors were forced to intervene urgently to stop a pulmonary bleeding.

Subsequently, a fall in the bathroom, in 2019, dislocated the rear metal rods, mounted following the accident with the ATV. “I fell and landed wrong,” the story later.

In 2023, the artist declared that he can no longer bear a new surgery. “It will be the last. No matter how it ends, I can't,” he said. “Today I climbed the stairs for the first time after a long time, but my feet seem to my lead.”

Numerous health problems

Also in 2019, Osbourne was forced to cancel concerts in Australia and China because of a pneumonia that was admitted for several weeks. Doctors recommended a recovery of at least six weeks.

In an interview with The Guardian in 2024, Osbourne said: “You wake up the next morning and something else appears. You start to think that it will never end.”

The artist spoke in the past about the fact that he is suffering from dislexion and attention deficit disorder (ADHD). In a 2019 interview for GQ, he said that he constantly needs a recorder to note his musical ideas or to structure his day: “In the evening, in bed, I hear in the head an entire concert, orchestrations, everything.”

He was also opened on the addictions he faced in the past. Alcohol and drug use began in the 1970s and continued for decades. Although in 2024 he recognized that he was not completely sober, he said that “alcohol resistance went” and that, once he begins to drink, the temptation of drugs appears. “Sharon trained well in managing chaos,” he said humorously.

Osbourne often believes that heavy operations and recovery have affected her life more than Parkinson's disease. “After falling with the ATV in 2003, I still continued the tournaments. Parkinson had already then. Surgery was the real misfortune,” he said.