Jack Osbourne has issued a 16-minute video discussing the passing of his father, heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne. In that below video, Jack goes in-depth on the impact of the loss, how he found out about his father’s passing, how it was unexpected by the family and more. Jack also revealed he had flown back to Los Angeles, CA just several days ahead of his father’s July 22nd passing from a heart attack. He recalled the following of what he felt on first learning of Ozzy‘s passing:
“I immediately — I don’t know — [I felt] just pain, just sadness and pain and just so many thoughts. You go through this of feeling sad and frustrated and angry and this part of you that’s, like, ‘I have to get there right now. I have to.’ But there was a level of like, okay, he’s not not suffering anymore. He’s not struggling.’ And that is something. I wish he was still here, I wish he was still with us all, but he was having a rough go.
And I think people saw that at the [‘Back To The Beginning‘] show [on July 5]. But no one expected it to happen as quickly as it did. And when it did, it was not anything that was on our radar. I know leading up to it, there was all sorts of stuff going around about my dad going to Switzerland and he was gonna euthanize himself and this was all planned and this was this… It was not — absolutely not. That is categorically untrue and ridiculous.
My dad, he was so happy that he did the show and he was happy to kind of move into this next phase of his life. He wanted to, to spend more time in England. He wanted to spend more time with my kids. He wanted to spend more time with just exploring different things as much as he could.”
Speaking of how Ozzy was able to get the live sendoff he had dreamed on July 05th with the ‘Back To Beginning‘ show, Jack stated:
“One thing that has kind of stuck with me about my father’s exit was how there is almost a perfection to it. He got to say goodbye in such a profound way. He got to thank his fans. He got to see his friends he hadn’t seen in such a long time. He got to perform. I mean, there was so much accomplished before the full stop. And a lot of that stuff, when the time is right, we’ll talk about. It’s been overwhelming ultimately. I know I was shocked at the outpouring of love. Shocked.
And I think it’s been beautiful, and as I said earlier, it’s been validating to see that kind of outpouring of love. And I mean this — for people listening or watching — people that sent cards and did posts and whether they laid flowers up at the Birmingham Bridge or dropped them off at the house, we saw it all. We read all the letters. It didn’t go unnoticed. And I speak for the family when I say this, is that we are so grateful for that, and it meant so much. And, as I said earlier, it was validating, ’cause I know we weren’t alone.”
[via Blabbermouth.net]
