Ozzy Osbourne Talks About Health Struggles, But Holds Out Hope For One Last Show
25.11.2023 - 21:39
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Ozzy Osbourne feels he has, at most, ten years to live.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone UK, the Black Sabbath frontman talked about his ongoing health problems, including Parkinson’s disease and the limitations that came from a fall in 2019.
“Look, I said to Sharon that I’d smoked a joint recently and she said, ‘What are you doing that for! It’ll f—king kill you,'” Ozzy said. “I said, ‘How long do you want me to f–king live for?!’ At best, I’ve got ten years left and when you’re older, time picks up speed. Me and Sharon had our 41st wedding anniversary recently, and that’s just unbelievable to me!”
“I don’t fear dying, but I don’t want to have a long, painful and miserable existence,” he added. “I like the idea that if you have a terminal illness, you can go to a place in Switzerland and get it done quickly. I saw my father die of cancer.”
Dubbed “The Prince of Darkness” in his heyday, Ozzy has had several back surgeries after his falll in 2019. That accident exacerbated existing back and neck problems from a 2003 bike crash.
Unfortunately, the surgery seemed to make things worse, and doctors found a tumor during another procedure.
“It’s really knocked me about,” the singer said. “The second surgery went drastically wrong and virtually left me crippled. I thought I’d be up and running after the second and third, but with the last one they put a f–king rod in my spine. They found a tumor in one of the vertebrae, so they had to dig all that out, too. It’s pretty rough, man, and my balance is all f–ked up.”
Still, he notes, he “should have been dead way before loads” of his late friends. He has admitted to drug and alcohol problems in his past.
“Why am I the last man standing? I don’t understand any of it.