Overview
- Birmingham held the first official “Ozzy Day” on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, with citywide performances, films and memorial displays that traced Osbourne’s roots and impact.
- Sharon Osbourne said in a BBC interview that doctors warned Ozzy two weeks before his final show that he was dying but that he insisted on performing anyway.
- Ozzy’s last concert, “Back to the Beginning,” took place at Villa Park on July 5, 2025, featured many major rock acts, and showed him seated on a large black chair because of physical limits.
- Reports later identified his death on July 22, 2025 as caused by a heart attack, with coronary disease and Parkinson’s disease cited as related health issues.
- Sharon said the farewell show was a ‘gift’ that left him happier in his last weeks, underscored ongoing fundraising for Cure Parkinson’s and Acorns, and prompted exploratory talks about relaunching Ozzfest no earlier than 2027.