Ozzy Osbourne's heart monitored '15 times a day' before his death
The rocker died on Tuesday (22.07.25) aged 76 just two weeks after he reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates at their big Back To The Beginning farewell gig in Birmingham, England and Ozzy previously revealed he was being closely monitored by doctors to make sure he was fit enough to perform.
During an episode of his Ozzy Speaks show on SiriusXM back in May, Ozzy explained: "I am constantly in training seven days a week. I have got this guy who's virtually living with me and I am in bed by seven. I used to have to take a handful of f****** sleeping pills.
"Now I don't take anything. I am having my blood pressure taken 15 times a day. I've got this f****** device on my finger. It's a monitor to say how my heart rate is."
He added: "I'm just taking it one day at a time. Ask him upstairs. In my case, the one below."
Ozzy suffered a number of health setbacks over the years including spinal issues relating to a quad bike crash in 2003 and injuries from a subsequent fall, infections and a Parkinson's disease diagnosis.
Ozzy also previously revealed his wife Sharon came up with the idea for the Black Sabbath reunion gig as a way of cheering him up after his health issues started to get him down.
He told the Guardian newspaper: "You wake up the next morning and find that something else has gone wrong. You begin to think this is never going to end.
"Sharon could see that I was in Doom Town, and she says to me: 'I've got an idea.' It was something to give me a reason to get up in the morning.' "I thought: 'Oh, f****** hell, she's got an idea. Here we go."
News of his death was confirmed by his family on Tuesday in a statement which read: "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."
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