Ozzy Osbourne’s Last Words Revealed

Ozzy Osbourne knew the end was near — and he was ready.

Before taking the stage for what would become his final-ever performance, the legendary Black Sabbath frontman revealed he had made peace with his mortality. “If my life’s coming to an end, I really can’t complain. I had a great life,” Ozzy said in a candid moment captured in a new documentary about his last chapter.

The 76-year-old rock icon, who passed away from a heart attack last month, will be remembered not only for his music but for the grace with which he faced his final days. His powerful words, filmed ahead of his July concert in his hometown of Birmingham, England, are featured in the upcoming Paramount+ documentary Ozzy: No Escape From Now, premiering October 7.

A Family’s Farewell

The documentary, produced in collaboration with the Osbourne family, includes deeply personal interviews with Ozzy’s wife Sharon, and their children Kelly, Jack, and even his camera-shy eldest daughter Aimee — who rarely participated in the family’s past TV ventures.

Aimee reflects on her father’s steep health decline following a 2019 fall that sent him into a downward spiral. “He was in hospital for weeks. To fall like that and not bounce back like he had in the past… having to cancel the tour — that was his biggest heartbreak,” she shares.

The Mental Toll of Chronic Pain

Ozzy’s Parkinson’s diagnosis, years of back surgeries, and constant physical pain led to a profound depression, Sharon reveals in the film. “At that time, the depression was so bad. He’d be like, ‘What’s the point in even getting up?’”

It was music, once again, that pulled him back from the brink. His unexpected collaboration with Post Malone on the hit Take What You Want reinvigorated Ozzy’s spirit. “It got me out of the blues. It helped me. That was the best medicine I ever had at that point,” Ozzy says in the film.

Creative Resurgence Before the End

That musical revival led to the creation of Ordinary Man (2020) and Patient Number 9 (2022), the latter winning two Grammys. But as son Jack notes, these albums reflected something more personal than ever. “I do think that Ordinary Man is less an Ozzy Osbourne album and more a John Osbourne album,” he says, referring to his father’s birth name.

“There’s a lot of themes where he’s processing his own life and mortality.”

Kelly remembers taking her dad to the studio every day. “He would get comfortable in this chair that Andrew [Watt, producer] bought him, and it was like the magic would begin.”

A Final Bow

The documentary also includes behind-the-scenes moments from Ozzy’s surprise performance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony — a last-minute decision that marked his final major appearance in front of a live crowd.

Ozzy: No Escape From Now promises an intimate, raw, and emotional look at a rock legend who stared down death with a grin and a growl — and left this world on his own terms.