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Ozzy Osbourne's Cause Of Death Comes To Light

The "Prince of Darkness" was 76 when he died at his home in England last month.

Ozzy Osbourne's Cause Of Death Comes To Light

Two weeks after he died at his home in Buckinghamshire, England, Ozzy Osbourne’s cause of death has been revealed.

According to a death certificate detailed by The New York Times on Tuesday, the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and reality star died of a heart attack on July 22.

The document also notes that Osbourne had been living with coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease before his death.

The death certificate, which was filed with a London registry by Osbourne’s daughter Aimée Osbourne, listed the heavy metal icon’s occupation as “Songwriter, Performer and Rock Legend.”

Ozzy Osbourne, pictured during a September 2022 event, died of a heart attack, according to a death certificate reviewed by The New York Times.
Ozzy Osbourne, pictured during a September 2022 event, died of a heart attack, according to a death certificate reviewed by The New York Times.
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Weeks ahead of his death, Osbourne performed his last concert at a benefit in Birmingham, England, just a stone’s throw from his childhood home.

At the show, where the “Prince of Darkness” performed material from his solo career as well as his time as the frontman of the seminal rock group Black Sabbath, he told the crowd, “I’ve been laid up for six years. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

Fans of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne flocked to his hometown of Birmingham, England, to mourn him ahead of his private funeral on July 30.
Fans of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne flocked to his hometown of Birmingham, England, to mourn him ahead of his private funeral on July 30.
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During his final years, Osbourne faced a number of health issues.

A 2019 fall at his Los Angeles home led to neck surgery that sidelined his performance plans for several years.

In January 2020, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, but at the time, he told fans that the nervous system disorder was not “a death sentence.”

Fans and family mourned the rocker in his hometown of Birmingham on July 30, as his coffin was carried through the streets ahead of a private funeral.