Ozzy Osbourne Says He Has ’10 Years Left’ to Live ‘At Best’ Amid Health Battle

In a recent interview with rolling stone ukThe Black Sabbath rocker revealed that between his battle with Parkinson’s disease and medical problems resulting from a fall and surgery in 2019, he believes he has a maximum of 10 years left to live.

“Look, I told Sharon I smoked a joint recently and she said, ‘Why are you doing that! It’s going to kill you,'” Ozzie, 74, recalled. “I said, ‘You tell me. How long do you want to see me alive?!’ Best of all, I have ten years left and as you get older, time catches up. Mary and Sharon recently had our 41st wedding anniversary, and it’s incredible to me!”

He admitted, “I’m not afraid to die, but I don’t want to live a long, painful and miserable life.” “I like the idea that if you have a terminal illness, you can go to some place in Switzerland and get it cured quickly. I watched my father die of cancer.”

The Prince of Darkness has struggled with his health in recent years. Ozzy – who publicly revealed his 2003 Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in 2020 – has undergone multiple back surgeries in an attempt to repair damage to his spinal cord caused by a fall in 2019. The accident has aggravated his existing back and neck problems since 2003. Bike accident.

Ozzy told Rolling Stone UK that his second spine surgery did not go as planned and left him “crippled”, while doctors found a tumor during another procedure.

“It really shocked me,” the singer said. “The second surgery went horribly wrong and almost crippled me. I thought I’d be up and running after the second and third, but in the last surgery they put a f–king rod in my spine. They found a tumor in the vertebrae. One, so they had to dig all that out too. It’s very hard, man, and my balance is all messed up.”

Ozzy – who previously struggled with drug and alcohol abuse – said that he “should have died a long time ago” among his late friends.

“Why am I the last man standing? I don’t understand any of it. Sometimes I look in the mirror and say, ‘Why did you make this?!'” he told Rolling Stone UK. “I’m not bragging about it because I should have died a thousand times over. I’ve had my stomach pumped God knows how many times.”

Meanwhile, Ozzy’s wife of over 40 years, sharon osbournetold the publication how hard it has been to watch her husband struggle with his health.

Sharon, 71, said, “It’s been almost five years full of heartache, and sometimes I feel so helpless and so bad watching Ozzy go through that pain.” “He’s been through all these operations and the whole thing has felt like a nightmare. He hasn’t lost his sense of humor, but I look at my husband, and he’s here while everyone else is on the road. It’s the longest It’s a time he’s never worked for. It’s been very strange for him to be at home for so long.”

Due to his ongoing health problems, Ozzy canceled his tour, and announced that he was withdrawing from live performances earlier this year. But he hasn’t lost all hope that he’ll be able to perform again, even if it’s just to express his gratitude to his devoted fans.

“I’m taking it one day at a time, and if I could perform again, I would,” the former reality star told Rolling Stone UK. “But it’s like saying goodbye to the best relationship of my life. At the beginning of my illness, when I stopped visiting, I was really angry at myself, at the doctors, and at the world. But like- As time went on, I’ve just gone, ‘Okay, maybe I just have to accept this fact.'”

He later said, “That’s one of the things I resent most: I never got a chance to say goodbye or thank you.” “Because my fans are everything. If I can just do a few shows… they’ve been loyal to me over the years. They write to me, they know all about my dogs. It’s really my extended The family is there, and they provide us with our lifestyle. For whatever reason, it’s my goal to keep working. To do those shows.”

Ozzy said, “If I can’t continue to do shows on a regular basis, I just want to be good enough to do a show where I can say, ‘Hi guys, thank you very much for my life.’ “This is what I’m working towards, and if I’m dead at the end of it, I’ll die a happy man.”