'I wish you were here' - Kelly Osbourne pays tribute to Ozzy on her birthday
Kelly Osbourne has paid tribute to her Birmingham-born father Ozzy on her 42nd birthday.
Kelly Osbourne has paid a heartfelt tribute to her late father Ozzy on her 42nd birthday.
The media personality shared a photo of the pair hugging on a couch as she smiled at him, along with a snap of a bouquet of roses and a card reading “I love you forever ~ Daddy”.
Alongside the post, shared on Instagram, Kelly wrote: “Birthdays are a reminder of the life you gave me, Daddy.
“I wish you were still here to celebrate it with me. Every candle I blow out carries the same wish … Just one more moment with you.”


Ozzy, the lead singer of heavy metal band Black Sabbath, died of a reported heart attack aged 76 just more than two weeks after his farewell concert on July 5 2025.
He had suffered from a string of health issues, including multiple surgeries following a fall and Parkinson’s disease.
Ozzy and his wife Sharon married in 1982 and had three children, Aimee, 43, Kelly and Jack, 40.
Ozzy was also a father to Jessica, Louis and adopted son Elliot from his previous marriage to Thelma Riley.
Sharon recently revealed she never told the couple’s children how ill Ozzy was before his death.
Speaking at a screening of the film Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning, Osbourne said: “The guys (in Black Sabbath) didn’t know how sick Ozzy was.
“Even my kids, we never told my kids. Nobody knew how sick he was.”
Speaking about their farewell concert, she added: “Besides that, just being together again in Aston Villa – where it all began – their lives must have been flashing through their heads while they were on that stage.”
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