Ozzy Osbourne's Official Death Certificate Reveals 4 'Joint Causes'
By Afouda Bamidele on August 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM EDT
Updated on August 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT
It has been officially revealed that Ozzy Osbourne died from several health complications.
The rocker's official death certificate is out two weeks after his passing, and his longtime illnesses played significant roles in his death a few weeks after his electric show in Birmingham.
Ozzy Osbourne passed away on July 22, 2025, leaving behind a doting wife, six children, and a lifetime of music for his teeming fans to relish.
Ozzy Osbourne's Cause Of Death Revealed
Medical experts identified four "joint causes" of Ozzy's death, including acute myocardial infarction, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, coronary artery disease, and Parkinson's disease with autonomic dysfunction.
Ozzy's remarkable career came to an end weeks after he belted out hits from his catalogue to over 40,000 fans in his hometown. The singer sang five songs in his own set and later joined his band "Black Sabbath" to perform some of their greatest hits, including "Paranoid.
As shared by The Sun, the legend had confirmed months before the performance that it would be his last time ever on stage, and all profits from the event would go to charity. Ozzy was laid to rest in his expansive estate garden in Buckinghamshire next to the lake, as he had always wished.
The Prince Of Darkness's Health Condition Worsened With His Nasty Fall On Stage
Ozzy began developing symptoms of Parkinson's as early as 2003. While everything seemed to be perfect on the outside regarding his management of the illness, things were very bad for the singer physically.
The Blast reported that the singer got candid with Piers Morgan about his experience with Parkinson's and complications from his back and neck surgery in 2019 after he fell on stage mid-performance.
In his words to Piers in 2023, Ozzy admitted that dealing with the pain was very unbearable for him, tagging it "five years of absolute hell for me and my family."
He reflected on his neck injury, admitting that he carried on with his performance despite realizing he had just suffered a mishap. The injury was followed by terribly challenging years of recovery, including canceling his "No More Tours II" concert at the time.
"I had to have surgery on my neck, which screwed all my nerves in. I've got numbness down this arm from the surgery. My legs feel cold. I don't know if that's Parkinson's or what. … It's a weird feeling," said the Prince of Darkness to Good Morning America in a 2020 interview.
Sharon Osbourne Reflected On Suicide With Her Husband Two Years Ago
Although Kelly Osbourne debunked and dismissed Sharon's utterances as a call for attention, the manager did speak about the golden promise between herself and the rock singer.
The manager had revealed in an interview nearly two decades ago that she and Ozzy agreed on a suicide pact, should either of them experience a life-limiting situation.
"We believe 100% in euthanasia, so we have drawn up plans to go to the assisted suicide flat in Switzerland if we ever have an illness that affects our brains," the media personality said in the 2007 interview.
She gave reasons for the decision, explaining that the painful memory of her father battling Alzheimer's led her to decide to never subject her kids or family to the torture of watching her wither slowly. She also mentioned the euthanasia pact in her 2007 memoir: "Survivor: My Story, The Next Chapter."
Sharon also reaffirmed her commitment to the suicide pact in 2023, insisting that it was still a definite plan for them.
The Rocker's Comfy Bat-Shaped Performance Chair Was His Wife's Idea
Suicide pact aside, Sharon has saved Ozzy's day since she started managing his solo career in the '80s, and last month, she got the final chance to do that again.
As seen on The Blast, the insurance company got into a last-minute dilemma with Sharon and the show promoters on whether to proceed with the show or cancel it in the face of his very sensitive health situation.
According to the company, if Ozzy attempts to walk or stand for the performance and suffers a fall in the process, the payout may run them out of business, a risk that was too dire to take.
However, Sharon would not let the show flop or the insurance company run into financial ruin either, so she devised a plan to let the rockstar perform while comfortably seated on his king-sized throne.
The chair, shaped like a bat, was probably a reference to his bat-eating incident during a concert in 1982, where he mistakenly bit the head off a bat that was thrown at him by a fan.
Ozzy Osbourne Practically Worked Out Details Of His Final Resting Place
Quite the meticulous one, Ozzy had left precise instructions on how he wanted to be buried as far back as 2009, according to the content in his autobiography "I Am Ozzy."
The artist told his family and anyone else who cared to listen in the book that he wanted to be laid to rest in the garden with a tree hovering above his head.
He was strongly against cremation as he argued that when the crabapple (as he strongly preferred) above his head bore fruit, his kids might decide to make wine from it and have a bit of him in their system.
He did not stop there; he also predicted that these words, "Ozzy Osbourne, born in 1948. Died, whenever. He bit the head off a bat," would be written boldly on his tombstone.
"I've come to believe that everything in life is worked out in advance. So whenever bad sh-t happens, there ain't nothing you can do about it. And eventually death will come, like it comes to everyone," the Grammy winner concluded.
