Ozzy Osbourne suffered a two -decade health struggle before his death at the age of 76 yesterday – but his problems started more than six decades ago.
The poor health of the Princess of Darkness was clear earlier this month for his fans when he ever performed his last show with his band, Heavy Metal Legends Black Sabbath.
The sold -out show in Villa Park on July 5, the musician saw the stage on an impressive looking Gothic throne because he could not stand because of the effects of Parkinson’s disease.
Ozzy had undergone a strict training program to lead the show – his first in more than three years – what his big farewell was from fans and colleague musicians.
Less than a month after he had taken the stage triumphantly, his family announced last night that the singer born in Aston had died.
Although his official cause of death has yet to be revealed, MailOnline can reveal that the health struggle of the Five Father extends to his childhood.
Here we reveal the lifelong battles of the chaotic Rockpatriarch …
Ozzy Osbourne on the sold -out show in Villa Park earlier this month
Although his official cause of death has yet to be revealed, MailOnline can reveal that the health struggle of the father of five extends to his childhood
Teen suicide attempt
According to the book ‘Ordinary people: Our Story’ from 2004, ‘partly written by Ozzy and his wife, Sharon, he revealed that he was growing up a series of challenges like a working -class child in Birmingham.
In his book, Owzy only admits that he became “so despondent, like someone who drowned in the ocean,” that he tried to take his own life.
This followed years of bullying at school. He said, “It was tired of being called names and being beaten up, I was around 12 when I finally went to school regularly.”
He revealed that he was looking for lighting in alcohol, marijuana and what drugs on prescription he could find.
“My head was filled with this incredibly dark, depressing confused thoughts that I couldn’t explain,” wrote the singer.
In an interview with The Mirror in 2002, the star revealed that his struggles in mental health care started years earlier, when he was 11, after he was sexually abused by school pest heads.
Osbourne fully admitted that the experience completely f *** ED [him] upwards.’
Osbourne had fought for years of addiction with alcohol and illegal substances
After an incident with domestic violence, he was arrested and ended up in a rehabilitation facility for the first time
He revealed that he was looking for lighting in alcohol, marijuana and what drugs on recipe he could find
Decades of addiction
Years of addiction to illegal fabrics teased the life of the musician.
From different stints in rehabilitation, without mercy, fired from the band he has founded, and a run in the law, Ozzy suffered enormously under his relationship with illegal – and legal – substances.
He started to smoke Marijuana in childhood, but in his book it was revealed that it was when his bandmates introduced him to cocaine in the 1970s that his drug use changed.
He began to abuse prescribed medication – ‘downers’ – together with street drugs, to combine them without concern about the damage they could cause him physically or mentally.
Ozzy said, “I was on alcohol, cola, heroin, sour and quaaludes for gluing, cough syrup, Rohypnol, Klonopin, Vicodin … At more than a few occasions I was on it at the same time.”
Osbourne’s first stint in rehabilitation was in 1984, but it was only thirty years later, in 2014, that he admits to take his austerity seriously after he had also seen his son Jack struggling with addiction.
He said, ‘I thought I would drink until the day I die [but] Most people I drank are dead. ‘
The diagnosis of Parkinson’s
Ozzy was diagnosed in 2003 with a mild form of Parkinson’s disease, but he only went publicly with the condition in 2020.
He shared his diagnosis in an interview with Good Morning America next to Sharon.
The couple met in 1970 and married in 1982, who had three children, Aimee, Kelly and Jack.
Ozzy was diagnosed with a mild form of Parkinson’s disease in 2003, but he only went publicly with the condition in 2020
Caroline Rassell, CEO of Parkinson’s in the UK, said: ‘By talking openly about both his diagnosis and life with Parkinson’s, Ozzy and all his family helped so many families in the same situation’
He shared: ‘I had to undergo surgery in my neck that has sewn all my nerves. I found out that I have a mild form of … ‘
Struggling to complete the sentence that Sharon came in: “It is Parkin Two that is a form of that of Parkinson’s.”
She added: ‘There are so many different types of Parkinson’s. It is not a death sentence due to a piece of the imagination, but it does affect the nerves in your body. It’s like having a good day, then a good day, and then a really bad day. ‘
Caroline Rassell, CEO of Parkinson’s in the UK, said: ‘News about the death of Ozzy Osbourne, so soon after his festive homecoming show, a shock will come for so many.
‘By speaking openly about both his diagnosis and life with that of Parkinson’s, Ozzy and all his family helped so many families in the same situation.
‘They normalized difficult conversations and made sure that others felt less alone with a condition that increases and affects more people every day.
‘All our sincere thoughts are with his family, friends and fans worldwide. His memory and the impact he has left in the world will live in all. ‘
The proceeds from the Black Sabbath Reunion were donated earlier this month to cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorns Children’s Hospice.
The quad bike accident
Sixteen years later in 2019 he suffered a nasty fall at home, which released the metal bars and started the healthmare of the health that would bully him until his death
In 2003 the singer suffered a devastating quad bike accident in his home Buckinghamshire that left him with a broken neck, a broken collarbone and six broken ribs.
He was forced to undergo an extensive back operation and had placed metal bars in his spine.
Sixteen years later he suffered a nasty fall at home in 2019, which released the metal bars and started the healthmare of the health that would bully him until his death.
Speaking of the autumn of 2019, he told Rolling Stone UK: ‘It really skipped me. The second operation went drastically wrong and left me almost paralyzed. ‘
‘I thought I would be working after the second and third, but with the latter they put one [rod] In my back. ‘
He also revealed that doctors found a tumor in his back at the time, “so they had to dig that out.”
Admitted to the hospital with flu
In February 2019, Sharon revealed that he had been admitted to the hospital after suffering from the flu and ‘complications’ from the disease.
Sharon Tweete: ‘As some of you may have heard, Ozzy was admitted to the hospital after a few complications of the flu. His doctors believe that this is the best way to get him on a faster path to recovery. Thanks to everyone for their concern and love. ‘
The disease led him to cancel a series of tour dates while recovering, including postponing the British and European legs of his no more tours 2.
Further spinal surgery
In an attempt to stand on stage in front of the tire’s reunion tour, he was moved to a specialized rehabilitation therapist in Los Angeles to help him stand on stage for a few minutes, run more free and to feel better balanced for a few minutes
From 2023 the Black Sabbath star underwent a number of operations on its back.
In an attempt to stand on stage in front of the tire’s reunion tour, he was moved to a specialized rehabilitation therapist in Los Angeles to help him stand on stage for a few minutes, to walk more freely and feel better balanced.
Speaking of SiriusXMs, he said: ‘You know what, I will continue with the way I cannot walk and I can’t do this, but do you know what I thought during the holidays? I still live for all my complaining. ‘
He continued: “I can moan about how I can’t walk so well, but while I look on the road, there are people who did not do half as much as me, and they didn’t make it.”
“I’m trying to get back on track.”
Host Billy Morrison added: “Ozzy, you’re so much better than you were just a year ago.”
He replied: ‘Yes, but the recovery is very slow. That surgeon. Plus the Parkinson’s. If you get up in the morning, you just jump out of bed. Oh I have to balance myself, you know?
“But you know, I’m not dead, as you say. I still actively do things. ‘
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