Ozzy Osbourne's adopted son's life out of the spotlight: How Elliot ditched the UK for a quiet life in New Zealand as he's excluded from family tribute (and his job is a far cry from the world of rock n'roll!)

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3 days ago

's adopted son Elliot is living a quiet life as an IT technician in New Zealand after he was noticeably left out of his family's tribute to the rockstar following his death.
Despite growing up with the Black Sabbath frontman and his first wife Thelma Riley, Elliot Osbourne did not feature on the family's statement announcing his death on Tuesday, with only his daughters Aimee and Kelly, and sons Jack and Louis named.
Now, it can be revealed that Elliot ditched his life in the UK five years ago to start again in Wellington with his wife Joanne Crawford, an Occupational Health academic who originally hails from Scotland.
Ozzy has six children from two marriages, but only four of his offspring were named in the statement announcing his death, with Jessica and Elliot noticeably absent.
The star adopted Elliot during his first marriage to wife Thelma when he was just five years old.
Elliot is yet to speak publicly about his father's death, but his brother Louis has shared his devastation by changing his Facebook profile picture to an all-black screen.
Ozzy died on Tuesday after battling Parkinson's Disease for six years, just weeks after Black Sabbath performed their final show together in their hometown.
Growing up with his father in Birmingham, Elliot attended King Edward VI High School, in Stafford, and previously studied at Birmingham College.
He and Joanne lived in the city until 2002, before relocating to Bathgate, West Lothan until 2013, and they have two sons, Owyn, 22, and James, 29.
Pursuing a more technical career than his famous father, Elliot pursued a career in telecommunications, first working as a Collaboration Support Specialist for the company Viju, now operating under the name Kinly, in Livingston.
Since he and Joanne moved to New Zealand, he has worked as a Level One Helpdesk and Support Technician for three years.
Elliot was also a fan of Stoke City football club during his time in the UK, with a 2011 Facebook showing him attending one of their matches, after being interviewed by the club's local radio station.
Joanne, who has a PhD in Occupational Health from the University of Surrey, boasts an extensive academic career, working as a senior lecturer in Ergonomics at University of Brimingham until 2007.
For 13 years she worked at the Institute of Occupational Medicine in the Greater Edinburgh area, and since 2020, has been a professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.
Joanne has also published papers on topics including 'Non-cancer occupational health risks in firefighters', and 'Older Workers in a Sustainable Society.'
She has never shied away from sharing her thoughts on controversial figures including US President Donald Trump
She has never shied away from sharing her thoughts on controversial figures including Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
One post, shared in April, came in response to New Zealand Herald journalist Paul Thomas saying that Trump was 'everything the world despises about America.'
She wrote: 'Another nearly New Zealander agrees, and suspect a few million more do too.'
She also reflected on relocating to New Zealand at the height of the Covid pandemic in a 2024 post when the country shut its borders in a bid to reduce the death toll.
She wrote: 'Spent 2020 in both NZ and the UK. It was a hard time in NZ but it worked. The loss of 250,000-280,000 people in the UK shows why the NZ response worked.'
While little is known about Elliot and Joanne's youngest child Owyn, their second son James, who studied in Glasgow and Dundee, tied the knot with husband David Mace in New Zealand late last year.
It also appears that Elliot has stayed in contact with his brother Louis, with his wife Louise, who is friends with him on Facebook, previously praising him for sending sweet gifts for their children.
In posts shared on Facebook, Louise tagged Elliot and his wife in a post of presents sent for their children.
One 2016 post said: 'Such excited kiddos, thank you Elliot Osbourne and Joanne Crawford for the fab gifts.'
Louis now works as a DJ and married Louise Lennon, and actress and producer, in 2004, with the couple also still in contact with his sister Jessica.
Ozzy was unable to attend Louis' wedding after suffering major injuries after being injured in a quad bike accident.
Jessica has also stayed in contact with her brother Louis and his wife, as back in 2016, Louise posted about jetting to Tenerife to meet them.
The post also stated that Louis' mother Thelma had gifted him and Louise the trip away.
In the 2011 documentary film God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, produced by his son Jack, he revealed that he could not even remember when Louis and Jessica were born.
Louis also opened up about growing up with a drunk father.
'When he was around and he wasn't [drunk], he was a great father,' he said in the documentary.
'But that was kind of seldom, really. I just have a lot of memories of him being drunk, random s**t like driving cars across fields and crashing them in the middle of the night and stuff like that.
'It's not good for family life, really.'
His older sister, Jessica added: 'I don't remember being put to bed or having a bath by dad or anything like that.
'I wouldn't say he was there for us, no, never on sports day, school trip, parents' evening. He wasn't like that, no.'
Jessica has also stayed in contact with her brother Louis and his wife, as back in 2016, Louise posted about jetting to Tenerife to meet them
Jessica was the one who made Ozzy a grandparent for the first time, and despite never appearing in The Osbournes' TV show, she was mentioned in the episode 'Smells Like Teen Spirits,' when Ozzy learned that she had welcomed a daughter.
She has two daughters, Isabelle and Kitty, and one son called Harry, with her husband Benjamin.
After divorcing Thelma, Osbourne went on to marry Sharon in 1982. Their first child, daughter Aimee was born September 2, 1983.
One year later, they welcomed daughter Kelly (born October 27, 1984), and on November 8, 1985, their son, Jack was born.
Aimee - who is also a singer and performs under her initials ARO - was born in London and raised in California until the age of 16 but moved out of the family home as filming for The Osbournes began in the early 2000s.
The Osbourne family shared the news of Ozzy's death in a statement on Tuesday, but both Elliot and Jessica's names were left out.
It said: '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.
'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.'
MailOnline revealed on Wednesday that an air ambulance was called to Osbourne's grand country home as paramedics battled to save his life for two hours.
Friends told the Mail's Alison Boshoff that his heartbroken wife Sharon may now bury Ozzy in the gardens of the 350-acre estate in an intimate family funeral, as she is 'too frail' to go through a larger, public service, leaving friends 'terrified' for her.
Ozzy took to the stage for his farewell concert at Villa Park Stadium in his native Birmingham less than three weeks before his death.
The rocker reunited with his original Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the first time since 2005 to bid an emotional farewell to his decades of performing live on stage.
After selling out in minutes, over 42,000 fans packed into Villa Park for the aptly-titled Back to the Beginning show, which saw Ozzy and Black Sabbath return to their hometown - 56 years after they formed there.
The final photograph of him before his death was taken on stage as he sat on a black throne aptly decorated with a bat to perform his best-known hits for his loyal fans.
His final words on stage were: 'It's the last song ever. Your support has enabled us to live an amazing lifestyle, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.'