Ozzy Osbourne Was Hospitalized Before His Final Show

Ozzy Osbourne was hospitalized two weeks before his final show at the Back to the Beginning concert on July 5, his family has revealed. So, if Ozzy Osbourne seemed frail at his final show with Black Sabbath, this is some new insight as to why.

Osbourne, of course, was dealing with health issues and sadly died just a few weeks later. Now, there's more to the story.

"We had him in the hospital, and we were just terrified that people were going to find out," Sharon Osbourne said in the latest episode of The Osbournes Podcast, which marked the show's first episode since Osbourne passed away on July 22.

Sharon went on to praise the local hospital where he stayed. "We had all this security in the hospital, and the hospital was amazing, they really were," Sharon said.

On the show, Sharon also told a wild story about someone who came to the hospital saying that he was the brother of a John Osbourne, which was Ozzy's birth name. Since the Osbournes are used to having fans try to get close to them at any cost, they were worried that the person was an imposter and was trying to get close to Ozzy. So, Sharon sent down security, but it totally wasn't needed. As it turns out, the man was there to visit another patient in the hospital whose name was also John Osbourne. Frankly, since Sharon and the family kept Ozzy's visit so private, it would have been surprising to see anyone find out and try to get to the hospital to meet the Prince of Darkness.

So, even after being hospitalized, Ozzy performed at the Back to the Beginning concert with both his solo band and Black Sabbath. For Sabbath, this show featured all of the group's original bandmates. Ozzy and the Black Sabbath camp made a big deal about how this would be Ozzy's final show and life performance ever, and it's sad but appropriate that he died a little over two weeks later. But, his music lives on.