Sharon Osbourne on Husband Ozzy Osbourne's Parkinson's Diagnosis: 'Suddenly, Your Life Just Stops'

Mar. 15, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne.Photo: Greg Doherty/Getty

Sharon OsbournesaysOzzy Osbourne’sParkinson’s diseasediagnosis only brought them closer together.

“Suddenly, your life just stops,” Sharon said, recalling when she and Ozzy initially learned of his diagnosis in 2003. “Life as you knew it.”

“When I look at my husband, my heart breaks for him,” she continued. “I’m sad for myself to see him that way, but what he goes through is worse. And sometimes when I look at him and he doesn’t know I’m looking at him, I’m like crying.”

Ozzy, 73, used to be “very energetic” and “loved to go out for walks,” Sharon said in the documentary, recalling the musician’s activity pre-diagnosis. Now, sleeping is a challenge for him, she explained, and he takes cannabidiol at night.

ButThe Talkalum is choosing to focus on the upside to their 40-year marriage and ongoing love story.

“The positive thing is with the family we spend so much more time together and I just love my husband more than I did three years ago,” she said.

Ozzy Osbourne.Daniel Knighton/Getty

Ozzy went public with his diagnosis in 2020.

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The musician has had many health issues in recent years. Heunderwent hand surgeryat Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 2018, and suffered asevere upper-respiratory infectionin 2019.

In 2020, Ozzysuffered a falland needed neck surgery.

“It’s been terribly challenging for us all,” he said during an appearance with his family onGood Morning America. “I did my last show New Year’s Eve at The Forum. Then I had a bad fall. I had to have surgery on my neck, which screwed all my nerves.”

Just this June, Sharon revealed Ozzy had to have a surgery that was going to “determine the rest of his life.” She did not reveal what procedure he’d be having done.

“I am now home from the hospital recuperating comfortably,” hewrote on Instagramafter the operation. “I am definitely feeling the love and support from all my fans and send everyone a big thank you for their thoughts, prayers, and well wishes during my recovery.”

source: people.com