During a recent appearance on the “Hate To Break It To Ya” podcast hosted by actor and comedian Jamie Kennedy, Jack Osbourne shared deeply personal reflections on the passing of his father, Ozzy Osbourne. The iconic heavy metal frontman passed away on July 22, 2025, just shortly after his triumphant final performance with Black Sabbath.
Jack was asked whether it came as a “surprise” to him that Ozzy passed away so soon after performing his final concert, to which he admitted that despite his ongoing health battles, the family was still caught off guard.
“Yeah, it was a surprise, for sure. Obviously everyone knew he was sick… But, yeah, we weren’t expecting it to be as quick as it was.”
However, Jack also shared a poignant, intimate story from his final days in England with his father following the massive Birmingham gig, revealing that Ozzy seemed to have found peace with the end of his career.
“I think he was done. ‘Cause I’d left England to come home after the show. We went to the ‘Back To The Beginning‘ gig with the family, and we all hung around England for a few weeks, and had to come back with the kids. And right before I left, I was putting him to bed, and he was, like, brushing his teeth or whatever, and he was looking at himself in the mirror, and he goes, ‘I think I’m gonna cut my hair off.’ I’m, like, ‘Why?’ And he’s, like, ‘I’ve retired. I’m not a rock star anymore.’ And so I think about that, and I’m, like, yeah, he was done. He was okay with his journey.”
Recalling the exact day the 76-year-old singer passed away from a heart attack, Jack noted how remarkably ordinary the morning had felt before the tragic event occurred.
“It was a few days after I got back that he passed, and we were… Even the morning that he passed, it was like, it wasn’t anything dramatic at all. He was up, he was doing his thing, had some breakfast, and that was it.”
A private funeral service was held for Ozzy on July 31, 2025, at the expansive Buckinghamshire estate he purchased with his wife in 1993. The intimate gathering hosted 110 of his closest friends, family members, and musical peers, including his Black Sabbath bandmates, Robert Trujillo of Metallica, Rob Zombie, Zakk Wylde, Marilyn Manson, and Corey Taylor of Slipknot. The day prior, thousands of devoted fans lined the streets of Birmingham for a public tribute, joined by an emotional Sharon, Aimée, Kelly, and Jack.
The heavy metal community will forever remember his historic final concert, the “Back To The Beginning” charity event in his hometown of Birmingham. Overcome with emotion while singing from a black throne, the frontman told the roaring crowd, “You have no idea how I feel. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
During the show, Ozzy performed a blistering solo set featuring Zakk Wylde, Mike Inez, Adam Wakeman, and Tommy Clufetos. They delivered classic cuts from his 1980 solo debut Blizzard Of Ozz—including “I Don’t Know“, “Mr. Crowley“, “Su*cide Solution“, and “Crazy Train“—along with his moving 1991 ballad “Mama, I’m Coming Home” from the album No More Tears.
The night ultimately culminated in a legendary reunion, as original Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward joined him on stage to close out his career with the timeless anthems “War Pigs“, “Iron Man“, “N.I.B.“, and “Paranoid“.
