On Thursday, Kelly Osbourne paid tribute to her father, Ozzy, sharing poignant words from a song that the two recorded together before his death at the age of 76 after a battle with Parkinson’s disease.
“I feel unhappy that I am so sad. I lost the best friend I have never had 💔 💔 💔,” wrote Kelly in an Instagram post. These are lyrics of Black Sabbath’s song “Changes”, published in 1972 but recorded by Kelly and Ozzy in duet in 2003, with revised words that showed their strong father-daughter link.
The Instagram story of Kelly Osbourne on Thursday. (@ Kellyosbourne / instagram)
Earlier this month, Osbourne interpreted what was nicknamed his “last arc” of a throne at Villa Park in the United Kingdom after the show, Kelly got engaged to her longtime partner, the musician Sid Wilson of the Slipknot group, after taking a knee behind the scenes. Kelly shared a video of the Instagram engagement, during which you can hear Ozzy tell Wilson: “F *** OFF, you do not marry my daughter!” who was met with laughter. Wilson and Kelly welcomed a son named Sidney in 2022.
Others close to Osbourne began to publish personal tributes to the Heavy Metal icon, which lived with Parkinson’s disease until his death on July 22.
Lisa Stelly, who was married to the son of Osbourne Jack from 2012 to 2019, published an emotional tribute to her ex-Father on Instagram, honoring him as a loving grandfather. Jack and Stelly had three daughters during their wedding: Pearl, Andy and Minnie.
“The world has obtained Ozzy. We had dad,” Stelly wrote in legend. “One of one. The post gives a softer look at the “Prince of Darkness”, which smiles while he holds one of his young grandchildren.
The message also includes a video of him dodging in a fun way kisses from one of his grandchildren as she grooves.
Other images show the singer of Black Sabbath folding for a kiss, nestling two kids at the same time on a sofa and sitting at an outdoor table with Stelly.
After the death of Osbourne, Osbourne’s family published the following joint declaration signed by his wife Sharon and their children Kelly, Jack, Aimee, as well as his son Louis of her previous marriage with Thelma Riley: “It is with more sadness that simple words can transmit that we must point out that our love Ozzy Ozbourne died this morning.
