The Black Sabbath frontman made the clarification after he saw his name on a list of recently deceased famous faces. Photo: TNS
Ozzy Osbourne still walks among us, contrary to some death hoax videos concerning the former Black Sabbath frontman.
The rocker, 75, took the opportunity in The Osbournes podcast this week to remind listeners that he is very much alive after he saw his name on a list of recently deceased famous faces.
“They put it on that I died. ... The thing on YouTube goes, ‘Celebrities who have died,’ and there’s a picture of me,” Ozzy told wife Sharon, daughter Kelly and son Jack.
The Grammy winner added that he’s “not dead.
“I’m not really dead. ... Just a little flesh wound,” he said in a nod to a famous Monty Python And The Holy Grail scene. “It’s a bit (expletive) much, isn’t it?”
Kelly, 39, slammed the “rude” chatter, while 71-year-old Sharon said those fraudulently killing off her husband are “sick (expletive).”
“I don’t feel dead,” quipped Ozzy.
“You’re a ghost. this is the afterlife, sorry,” said Jack, 38.
“...I’m not dead. I’m not going any (expletive) where. And I’m gonna go and do some more gigs before I’m finished anyway,” declared Ozzy.
Earlier this year, Ozzy cancelled his already postponed European tour and announced he was done touring as a whole due to mobility issues. In 2020 he was injured in a “major” ATV accident. That same year, he revealed he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2003.
“Never would I have imagined that my touring days would have ended this way,” Ozzy said in February.
Months later, Ozzy’s health also forced him to pull out of an appearance at Power Trip, a three-day hard rock festival. – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
