Ozzy Osbourne’s family celebrates first Christmas without him
WASHINGTON, DC: The Osbourne family marked their first Christmas without singer Ozzy Osbourne with a heartfelt celebration. Kelly Osbourne, 41, daughter of Ozzy and his wife Sharon, shared several photos from the family gathering on Instagram Thursday.
Ozzy, who battled Parkinson’s disease since 2019, died in July at the age of 76 from a heart attack.
Ozzy Osbourne’s family celebrates first Christmas without the singer
Kelly Osbourne, 41, and Ozzy Osbourne’s wife, Sharon, shared photos from their family Christmas celebration on Instagram on Thursday. Kelly captioned the post, “Merry Christmas from The Osbourne family!!!” The photos showed the family wearing matching plaid holiday pajamas.
Sharon, 73, stood in the center of the group with Ozzy’s son Louis, his wife Louise, their children Elijah and Maia, and other family members.
Kelly sat on the ground in front with her fiance, Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson, and their son, Sidney. Kelly also posted videos on her Instagram Story showing Sidney playing with his new Christmas gifts, including a mini pop-up stage and a microphone.
The family celebration came one month after Kelly paid tribute to the legendary 'Black Sabbath' rocker on what would have been his 77th birthday.
“Happy birthday daddy you most certainly did not die an ordinary man!” she wrote on Instagram. “Life without you is hard but not a day goes by that I don’t dedicate my life to loving you and your legacy!”
She closed the post by expressing how deeply she misses her father, writing, “I miss you more than anything in the world. I love you until eternity! What I would not give to watch you blow out just one more candle.”
Kelly Osbourne reflects on the ‘huge loss’ of her father
During an appearance on BBC 'Radio West Midlands,' Kelly spoke about the “huge loss” of her father. She said the love and support the city showed him meant a great deal to her family.
“To see the outpouring of love, and respect, and condolence, and just everything this city has given him, is beyond words,” Kelly said.
She stressed how important Birmingham was to her father. “Birmingham meant everything to my father. It made him, it shaped him. It turned him into the one-of-a-kind man that he was,” she explained.
Fighting back tears, she added, “He was the people’s person. He never changed.” Kelly also called him a “working-class hero,” saying, “He never thought he was better than anyone else.”
Kelly is the youngest daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. Ozzy had his first two children, Jessica and Louis, with his first wife, Thelma Riley. The couple was married from 1971 to 1982. Ozzy also adopted Riley’s son, Elliot.
Ozzy later became a grandfather to Jessica’s children, Isabelle, Kitty, and Harry, and to Louis’s children, Elijah and Maia.
In 1982, Ozzy married his then-manager, Sharon Osbourne. Together, they had three children, Aimee, Kelly, and Jack. Jack is the father of four children, Pearl, Andy, Minnie, and Maple, and he is expecting another child with his wife, Aree Gearhart. Kelly is the mother of one son, Sidney.
