Jack Osbourne recalled the moment he realized his father Ozzy Osbourne was ‘done’ in the weeks leading up to the metal legend’s death last year.
Osbourne died at the age of 76 on July 22, 2025, just 17 days after he performed a finale concert with his band Black Sabbath in England, which saw Jack and the entire Osbourne family travel from Los Angeles to Birmingham.
On Thursday, Jack, 40, appeared on an episode of the HATE TO BREAK IT TO YA podcast where he reflected on the final weeks of his father’s life.
At one point, he shared a stunning conversation he had with Ozzy the night after the Sabbath farewell show that left him with a devastating realization.
While putting Ozzy to bed, Jack, who was getting ready to return to LA, said his father confessed to him that he wanted to ‘cut [his] hair off.’
‘Right before I left, I was putting him to bed and he was like brushing his teeth or whatever,’ Jack recalled. ‘He was looking at himself in the mirror and he goes, “I think I’m going to cut my hair off.”
Jack Osbourne recalled the moment he realized his father Ozzy Osbourne was ‘done’ in the weeks leading up to the metal legend’s death last year; seen in 2011
Osbourne died at the age of 76 on July 22, 2025, just 17 days after he performed a finale concert with his band Black Sabbath in England, which saw Jack and the entire Osbourne family travel from Los Angeles to Birmingham
Jack remembered asking him why and Ozzy replying: ‘I’ve retired. I’m not a rock star anymore.’
He also recalled how his father only ever cut his hair short once and shaved his head ‘once to p*** my mom off’ in the 80s.
‘And so I think about that and I’m like, “Yeah, he was done. He was okay with his journey.”
Jack additionally opened up about his father’s final day.
‘I think we do have a choice to a degree,’ he explained while offering a philosophical viewpoint.
‘If you’re sick, if your body’s primed and in a place, where it’s like, “Hey, you’ve got a choice here,” on a deep spiritual level, I do think that maybe rather consciously or subconsciously, you have a choice where you’re like, “Okay, I’m ready to move on.”‘
But when the late star passed, Jack admitted that it had been ‘a surprise.’
‘Obviously everyone knew he was sick… but we weren’t expecting it to be as quick as it was. He was up, he was doing his thing, had some breakfast, and that was it.’
On Thursday, Jack, 40, appeared on an episode of the HATE TO BREAK IT TO YA podcast where he reflected on the final weeks of his father’s life
During a one-on-one convo after the concert, Ozzy told Jack that he was considering cutting his ‘hair off’ because he was ‘not a rock star anymore’; seen in 2011
At recent awards shows, Ozzy was honored for his decades-spanning career and legacy. His wife Sharon, son Jack and daughter Kelly attended the Grammys for a tribute to the rock star; seen in January
Elsewhere in the podcast, Jack said his father was ‘fired up’ and ‘gearing up’ for his final Back to the Beginning concert in Birmingham.
He then added: ‘We weren’t expecting it to be as quick as it was, you know. I just think he was done.’
Osbourne died from complications related to a long battle with a form of Parkinson’s disease on July 22, 2025.
Per a death certificate filed in London and obtained by The New York Times, he died of heart attack and had suffered from coronary artery disease.
In 2020, he announced he had been diagnosed with a rare form of Parkinson’s disease just one year earlier.
In the podcast, Jack noted that his father died 17 days after his final show, just like one of his closest pals did prior to his passing a decade earlier.
He said that that Ozzy’s longtime friend, Motörhead rocker Lemmy Kilmister, also died 17 days after his final show back in December 2015.
Just last week, Sharon and her daughter Kelly accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award honoring the late Black Sabbath rocker; pictured in February
They gave a heartfelt speech as they honored the music icon; pictured in February
This comes after the late rock star was honored by his family – including wife Sharon Osbourne and daughter Kelly Osbourne – and other stars at the BRIT Awards last week.
At the BRITs in late February, Sharon and daughter Kelly gave a heartfelt speech in honor of the late rock star as he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sharon described her late husband as the ‘most humble egomaniac you could ever meet’ while Kelly stood onstage beside her.
‘I’m honored to accept this award from my gorgeous husband, this Lifetime Achievement Award. God knows, I wish he was here to accept it himself.’
Osbourne passed away at the age of 76 in July 2025, just 17 days after he performed his farewell show in Birmingham. He died after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, a diagnosis he received in 2019 and revealed to the world in 2020; pictured in December 2014
She went on to say that she knew her late husband would be looking down on them and how he hated speeches, but she couldn’t help but ‘waffle on’ as she regaled the audience with tales of his achievements.
Sharon said that she was accepting the award not only for Ozzy but also his ‘incredible family’ his fellow musicians who helped him along the away, as well as fans who lined the streets of Birmingham during his memorial.
‘If Ozzy was here tonight with us, he would be showing us that gorgeous smile that he had and I know he would be so proud to receive this from the country that he loved,’ she said.
‘So he may not be here, but he left us one amazing body of work that will never be forgotten by the country that made him.’
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