Ozzy Osbourne’s sisters are talking out after the rocker’s demise at age 76.
Jean Powell and Gillian Hemming recalled the final time they noticed their brother, whom they check with by his actual title, John.
Powell, 85, and Hemming, 80, attended Black Sabbath’s farewell live performance in England, simply weeks earlier than Osbourne’s passing on Tuesday, July 22.
“He was frail, but it still came as a shock,” Powell instructed The Mirror. She added that whereas she didn’t know the “details of his death,” she was “thankful he died in England.”
She recalled concerning the live performance, “It was upsetting because he could not stand up straight, but he was still our John, still cracking the jokes.”
“I got a text from him as he drove down Lodge Road, where we used to live near the stadium,” Powell reminisced about one in all their closing interactions. “He said he couldn’t believe all the crowds were walking down our old street to watch him perform.”
On Tuesday, Osbourne’s household instructed The Publish that the rock star was “surrounded by love” on the time of his passing.
“It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,” the assertion from his spouse and 4 of his six youngsters stated. “He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.”
Osborne shared Louis and daughter Jessica, who was excluded from the assertion, together with his first spouse, Thelma Riley.
Osbourne additionally adopted Riley’s son Elliot Kingsley from a earlier relationship. He was additionally overlooked of the household’s tribute.
Osbourne’s sisters stated they acquired a cellphone name notifying them of their brother’s demise that very same day, per the outlet.
“To us, he was our brother, not a celebrity, so it’s crazy to see the outpouring of love since his death was announced,” Powell expressed. “We just can’t believe he is gone, and we won’t be getting another phone call or text from him. Every week without fail he would get in touch.”
Osbourne was one in all six siblings. Three, together with the steel rocker, have handed, and solely Powell, Hemming, and their brother Paul stay.
Louis, 50, and Jessica, 45, additionally honored their dad on social media following the information.
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For her half, Jessica reposted a tribute from the “On With Mario Lopez” podcast to her Instagram Tales.
The picture featured a black-and-white image of Osbourne, together with the dates of his start and demise.
The actress wrote, “RIP OZZY,” on her submit, together with Osbourne’s 1980 hit, “Crazy Train.”
Osbourne was married to Riley from 1971 to 1982. The rocker started courting Sharon, 72, whereas he was nonetheless married to his first spouse.
In 1982, the couple tied the knot in Hawaii after his divorce was finalized.
Louis and Jessica have been raised in England, whereas their half-siblings have been raised by Osbourne and Sharon in California.
The DJ instructed Birmingham Dwell in 2013 that he obtained alongside effectively with Aimee, 41, Kelly, 40, and Jack, 39.
Louis added that the household tries to “meet on special occasions.”
Jessica, in the meantime, mirrored on her childhood within the 2011 documentary “God Bless Ozzy Osbourne.”
“My recollection from my childhood with dad is that he’d be away for very long periods of time, and there’d always be a period of adjustment when he came home, and then it’d get to normality and then he’d go again,” she shared. “So, it was a very erratic chidhood with dad.”
In 2002, Osbourne, Sharon, Kelly and Jack participated in MTV’s actuality present “The Osbournes.” The collection ran for 4 seasons till 2005 and adopted the household’s day-to-day lives.
“Surprised is the f–king understatement of the millennium!” the heavy steel legend instructed Scorching Press in December 2002 of his response to the collection being so well-received.
Aimee, nevertheless, selected to not take part within the venture and lives a largely personal life.
“She felt too that she didn’t want to grow up on camera. She hated the idea — it was appalling to her,” Sharon defined whereas on “The Talk” in 2018. “And so she left at 16 and I regret every day that she did.”
The host added, “It broke my heart when she moved.”
A yr later, in 2019, Kelly mirrored on sharing her household’s journey on tv.
“The first season was such a magical time in my family’s life because we had no idea what we were doing. We had no idea that the show would be so successful,” the “Fashion Police” alum instructed PeopleTV’s “Reality Check” on the time. “We didn’t know how people would perceive us or anything.”
“I think that is the most raw and vulnerable you will see any family on TV. And then it all kind of was like an explosion of too much reality for us.”
Aimee, nevertheless, stood by her resolution to choose out of the present.
“It definitely worked great for the rest of my family, but for me, and who I am, I just knew it was never something that I would have been able to consider realistically,” she mirrored on New York’s Q1043 radio present in 2020.
