“I Still Believe I’m Dreaming…” Sharon Osbourne Breaks Silence After Ozzy’s Passing
In a deeply moving statement released just days after the world bid farewell to rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne has spoken publicly for the first time, offering a heart-wrenching glimpse into her grief and love for the man she called her soulmate for over four decades.
“I still believe I’m dreaming,” Sharon wrote, her voice cracking through the written word. “I wake up and reach for him. I listen for his voice. I wait to hear the laugh that made the world stop and made me feel like everything would be okay. But all I find is silence.”
Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness who revolutionized heavy metal with Black Sabbath before conquering the world as a solo artist, passed away on July 22, 2025, at the age of 76. He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, including Sharon, who was by his side until his final breath.
Their love story was never simple, never ordinary. It was a collision of fire and fury, tenderness and chaos. Sharon, who managed Ozzy’s solo career and helped him build an empire in the aftermath of his departure from Black Sabbath, stood beside him through his darkest battles with addiction, public scandals, infidelity, and even near-death incidents. Yet, through it all, their bond endured.
In her statement, Sharon reflected on the complexity and beauty of their life together.
“Ozzy wasn’t just my husband. He was my heartbeat, my fight, my laughter through tears. We didn’t have an easy road, but we walked it hand in hand, no matter how broken or blistered our feet became.”
She described their final moments together as painfully beautiful.
“I held his hand. He squeezed it one last time. And then… he was gone. Just like that. Forty-three years of memories—our babies, our madness, the stages, the backstage moments, the nights we held each other like the world was ending. All of it passed before me in a second.”
Sharon also shared a message of gratitude to the fans who have flooded her with love and support in the days following Ozzy’s death.
“You all loved him as fiercely as I did. You saw through the darkness into the light of his soul. You sang with him, cried with him, and never let him fall alone. He felt your love every single day, even when he couldn’t find the strength to say it.”
She revealed that Ozzy had been at peace in the final weeks, embracing the inevitability of his condition with grace and surprising clarity.
“He told me, ‘Shaz, when I go, don’t you dare cry for me like I’m gone. I’ll never be gone. I’ll be in every bloody guitar riff, every bat joke, every eye roll you give me when someone says the F-word too much on telly.’ That was him. Always half-poet, half-punk.”
The Osbourne children—Aimee, Kelly, and Jack—have also expressed their grief, with Kelly writing on Instagram, “There will never be another like you, Dad. You were the loudest love I’ve ever known.”
Sharon’s statement ends not with finality, but with a sense of devotion that refuses to be extinguished.
“I don’t know how to live without him. But I know he’d want me to try. And so I will. For him. For our family. For the love that will never leave my bones.”
As tributes continue to pour in from around the world, one thing remains clear. Ozzy Osbourne may have left the physical world, but the legacy he built, and the love he shared with Sharon, will echo on for generations. In every anthem screamed at full volume, in every tear shed by those who found refuge in his music, his spirit will live on.
And for Sharon, though the world feels suddenly quieter, the echo of Ozzy’s presence still resounds.
“I’ll see you in my dreams, my love. I still believe I’m dreaming. Maybe that’s because, with you, I always was.”