{"id":3529,"date":"2025-07-24T10:10:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:10:40","slug":"%f0%9f%98%a2-we-saw-he-was-weak-but-he-brushed-it-off-and-walked-out-like-a-legend-in-a-recent-emotional-interview-ozzy-osbournes-sister-recalled-the-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=3529","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude22 \u201cWe Saw He Was Weak\u2026 But He Brushed It Off, And Walked Out Like a Legend\u201d \u2014 In a recent emotional interview, Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s sister recalled the last time she saw him \u2014 just two weeks before his death. They remember clearly the moment Ozzy walked out on stage in Birmingham \u2014 where it all began. None of the tens of thousands of people in the audience knew that it was his silent farewell to the world. His hands trembled, his steps slower than usual, but when they expressed concern, Ozzy simply smiled and said, \u201cTonight, the fans need me more than the doctors.\u201d None of the tens of thousands of people in the audience knew that it was his silent farewell to the world&#8230;READ MORE BELOW \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"featured-image page-header-image-single grid-container grid-parent\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews79.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumb-2025-07-23T214039.517.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnews79.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumb-2025-07-23T214039.517.jpg 650w, https:\/\/globalnews79.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumb-2025-07-23T214039.517-300x162.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">We Saw He Was Weak\u2026 But He Brushed It Off, And Walked Out Like a Legend\u201d \u2014 Two Sisters Reveal They Last Saw Ozzy Osbourne Just 2 Weeks Before His Death and His Last Words to Them. They remember clearly the moment Ozzy walked out on stage in Birmingham \u2014 where it all began. None of the tens of thousands of people in the audience knew that it was his silent farewell to the world.<\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"posted-on\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-07-23T21:40:15+07:00\">23\/07\/2025<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s sisters are sharing memories of their final reunion with the late rocker.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Jean Powell, 85, and Gillian Hemming, 80, said the last time they saw Ozzy, who they call by his real name John, was at\u00a0Black Sabbath\u2019s farewell concert\u00a0in England, just a few weeks before\u00a0his death on Tuesday, July 22.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cHe was frail, but it still came as a shock,\u201d Powell told the U.K. outlet\u00a0<em>The Mirror<\/em>, adding that she and her sister didn\u2019t know the \u201cdetails of his death\u201d but saying she was \u201cthankful he died in England.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI got a text from him as he drove down Lodge Road, where we used to live near the stadium,\u201d she recalled of some of her final interactions with her younger brother. \u201cHe said he couldn\u2019t believe all the crowds were walking down our old street to watch him perform\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Recalling his performance at the show, she said, \u201cIt was upsetting because he could not stand up straight, but he was still our John, still cracking the jokes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Osbourne\u2019s family announced his death at age 76 on Tuesday, July 22.\u00a0\u201cIt is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,\u201d the family said in a statement to PEOPLE. \u201cHe was with his family and surrounded by love.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/spQn31C3I3cee4RgVIHXCojMaQA=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)\/ozzy-osbourne-072225-3-2f3f22e5759d44f5961b2df5c902c6cc.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/spQn31C3I3cee4RgVIHXCojMaQA=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)\/ozzy-osbourne-072225-3-2f3f22e5759d44f5961b2df5c902c6cc.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Musician Ozzy Osbourne appears at a signing during 2022 Comic-Con International Day 2 at the San Diego Convention Center on July 22, 2022 in San Diego, California. Osbourne collaborated with artist Todd McFarlane on a new comic, Patient Number 9.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/spQn31C3I3cee4RgVIHXCojMaQA=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)\/ozzy-osbourne-072225-3-2f3f22e5759d44f5961b2df5c902c6cc.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/spQn31C3I3cee4RgVIHXCojMaQA=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)\/ozzy-osbourne-072225-3-2f3f22e5759d44f5961b2df5c902c6cc.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Ozzy Osbourne in July 2022.<\/span>Daniel Knighton\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The sisters said they received a phone call telling them that their brother had died on Tuesday, per\u00a0<em>The Mirror.\u00a0<\/em>He is their third sibling to have died out of six, with the sisters and their brother Paul remaining.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cTo us, he was our brother, not a celebrity, so it\u2019s crazy to see the outpouring of love since his death was announced,\u201d Powell said. \u201cWe just can\u2019t believe he is gone, and we won\u2019t be getting another phone call or text from him. Every week without fail he would get in touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Ozzy\u2019s death comes after he performed his\u00a0final concert\u00a0with Black Sabbath in his hometown of Birmingham on July 5. During the performance, he sat in a bat-themed throne after losing his\u00a0ability to stand and walk\u00a0due to Parkinson\u2019s disease, which he was diagnosed with in 2003.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/1-zN6CeeH3nPI65daZXktgx5t4E=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(729x246:731x248):format(webp)\/iris-osbourne-gillian-osbourne-jean-osbourne-072325-1-f2c6ce9e9be34317b12c52e067572fbc.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/1-zN6CeeH3nPI65daZXktgx5t4E=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(729x246:731x248):format(webp)\/iris-osbourne-gillian-osbourne-jean-osbourne-072325-1-f2c6ce9e9be34317b12c52e067572fbc.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Ozzy Osbourne s Sisters September 2004 Iris Osbourne Gillian Osbourne Jean Osbourne\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/1-zN6CeeH3nPI65daZXktgx5t4E=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(729x246:731x248):format(webp)\/iris-osbourne-gillian-osbourne-jean-osbourne-072325-1-f2c6ce9e9be34317b12c52e067572fbc.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/1-zN6CeeH3nPI65daZXktgx5t4E=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(729x246:731x248):format(webp)\/iris-osbourne-gillian-osbourne-jean-osbourne-072325-1-f2c6ce9e9be34317b12c52e067572fbc.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s sisters Iris Osbourne Gillian Osbourne Jean Osbourne, from left.<\/span>Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Ozzy\u2019s sisters said that their last time hanging out with him at the concert was brief but emotional.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cWe had an executive box in the stadium, and when I saw the sea of people waiting to see our John, I just broke down,\u201d Powell told\u00a0<em>The Mirror.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cWe didn\u2019t really get a chance to chat much because it was such a chaotic visit. But in his last text to me, he said he would be coming to Birmingham again \u2026 We were hoping to see him this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cWe were proud as punch about him and everything he achieved,\u201d Hemming said. \u201cBut it never went to his head. What the public saw of John was exactly what he was like in real life. It wasn\u2019t an act \u2026 He was just great.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Saw He Was Weak\u2026 But He Brushed It Off, And Walked Out Like a Legend\u201d \u2014 Two Sisters Reveal They Last Saw Ozzy Osbourne Just 2&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3531,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions\/3531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}