Sharon Osbourne cut a heartbreaking figure as she was pictured for the first time since husband Ozzy’s funeral on Wednesday.
Just two days after their son Jack said his mother was ‘not okay’, Sharon, who turned 73 on Thursday, was pictured bravely trying to get on with her life following the tragic loss of her husband of 43 years.
The Black Sabbath legend died of heart failure at his Buckinghamshire home on July 22, just two weeks after performing a farewell concert with his bandmates at Birmingham’s Villa Park.
Frail-looking Sharon could be seen clutching her phone close to her chest as she was pictured leaving the Miu Miu store in London’s Bond street.
The style-conscious TV star was dressed in black jeans and a long black jacket and took the time to smile and chat to staff inside the shop.
Sharon’s security could be seen carrying a number of bags back to the car as she took part in a little retail therapy the day before her birthday – her first without Ozzy.
Ozzy had been battling a number of health issues in the years leading up to his death, including a fall in 2019 at the family’s home which saw his condition further deteriorate.
Following the news of his passing, Sharon opened up on social media to thank fans for the ‘overwhelming love and support’ shown towards her by his fans.
Sharon admitted she had been ‘carried through’ by those around her, adding she was ‘still finding her footing’ after losing the husband she often said she lived for.
And her son Jack said on Good Morning America on Tuesday: ‘She’s okay, but she’s not okay. I know she feels the love.’
New BBC One documentary Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home is set to chart the self-styled Prince Of Darkness’s return to the United Kingdom after more than three decades in the United States with his wife and children.
It will feature Jack and sibling Kelly speaking about their mum Sharon’s pain over Ozzy’s final years, nursing him though painful operations and trying to help him.
It will also show behind-the-scenes footage from his final farewell concert at Villa Park, following his long battle with Parkinson’s.
It follows new Paramount+ documentary Ozzy: No Escape From Now, which features Jack and Kelly’s older sister Aimee speaking about her father’s final few years.
Reflecting on the concert, Jack said: ‘Before he went on stage, I ran back into the dressing room, and I just gave him a big hug.
‘I just kissed him. I just said, I was like, “Crush it. You’re going to do so good.” And I was crying. I was in the crowd with… there was this area in the crowd and I was with my brother and we both were just crying.
‘It wasn’t because of feeling sorry for him. It wasn’t because we were sad for him.
‘I think it was because we knew it was the last time. In hindsight, it kind of was a living wake if you think about it. He got to say goodbye to everyone.’
It comes after Kelly shared her heartache over watching mum Sharon care for sick Ozzy through to his final moments in the new documentary, filmed during the final three years of his life.
In one scene, Kelly said: ‘I think what’s happening to my mum is the most heartbreaking part of this whole thing.
‘And I think that watching the man that she loves most in this world wither is really, really hard.’
During an interview when Ozzy was suffering with pain, Sharon cried: ‘It is hard on everyone and you feel like you put a clown’s face on and say everything is gonna be great. And it’s not.’
The singer was shown in Los Angeles less than three months before he was due to perform.
He said to the camera: ‘The way I feel now it’ll be a miracle if I make it I don’t know, my back is in a pretty bad state and I am in a lot of pain.’
Sharon added: ‘Each time we do the catch up on Ozzy’s life it has just got a little bit worse. We are in April and Ozzy has been sick with a new issue, he had a cracked vertebrae and it did not fix itself.
‘They suggested he go in and they fill it…Ozzy was fine for two weeks after that and then he was in agony again.
‘He went back into hospital and he came out with pneumonia.
‘He was in hospital three times, I have lost track, and then they discovered whilst he was in hospital he had caught sepsis.’
Ozzy died of a heart attack and had coronary artery disease in addition to suffering from Parkinson’s disease for years, his death certificate, published in August, confirmed.
The singer had suffered from coronary artery disease as well as Parkinson’s, according to the certificate filed at a register office in London and obtained by The New York Times.
The document was submitted by Ozzy’s daughter Aimée Osbourne the New York Times reported. Osbourne died of “(a) Out of hospital cardiac arrest (b) Acute myocardial infarction (c) Coronary artery disease and Parkinson´s disease with autonomic dysfunction (Joint Causes),” the certificate states.
Ozzy, also a somewhat unlikely reality TV star, announced in 2020 that he had Parkinson’s disease after suffering a fall.
In announcing his death, his family asked for privacy and said that he was with relatives when he died.
‘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,’ read a statement released shortly after his death.
‘He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.’
Black Sabbath’s 1969 self-titled debut LP has been likened to the Big Bang of heavy metal. It came during the height of the Vietnam War and crashed the hippie party, dripping menace and foreboding.
The cover of the record was of a spooky figure against a stark landscape. The music was loud, dense and angry, and marked a shift in rock’n’roll.
The band´s second album, Paranoid, included such classic metal tunes as War Pigs, Iron Man and Fairies Wear Boots.
The song Paranoid only reached No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 but became in many ways the band´s signature song.
Both albums were voted among the top 10 greatest heavy metal albums of all time by readers of Rolling Stone magazine.
