Two weeks before his final concert, Ozzy Osbourne’s doctors told him he was dying and urged him not to go ahead with the date, his widow, Sharon Osbourne, has revealed.
The British heavy metal star, who died exactly a year ago, was welcomed as a hero when he played his “Back to the Beginning” show in his home city of Birmingham, England, on July 5 last year.
The lead singer of Black Sabbath performed while sitting in a black, throne-like chair topped with a bat at the mega concert at the Villa Park stadium. He was reunited with the original members of the band, while other rock and metal legends including Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Alice in Chains also performed.
In an interview with a BBC local radio station, Osbourne said the concert could easily not have happened.
“Ozzy knew that he was dying. He was told two weeks before the show that he was dying, and they said ‘don’t do the show,’” she said.
