Celebrity Life Opinion
Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary frontman of the band Black Sabbath, has made the sad announcement that he likely does not have long to live as he’s revealed to his fans that doctors have found a tumor in his spine.
Since being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 20 years ago, Osbourne has battled a wide variety of health ailments. It was only when he recently underwent back surgery, however, that doctors discovered a tumor in one of the vertebrae. Even so, Osbourne is doing his best to stay positive while also acknowledging that the end may be near for him.
“I should have been dead a thousand times,” Osbourne, 74, told Rolling Stone UK. “I’ve been doing a lot of reflection while I’ve been laid up, and all my drinking partners, I’ve realized they’re all f***ing dead! The graveyard’s full of them! You’re dead and you’re dead and you’re dead.”
“I should have been dead way before loads of them,” he continued. “Why am I last man standing? I don’t understand any of it. Sometimes I look in the mirror and go, ‘Why the f**k did you make it?!’ I’m not boasting about any of it because I should have been dead a thousand times. I’ve had my stomach pumped God knows how many times.”
Osbourne believes that at most, he has ten years to live if he’s lucky, but he’s no longer afraid of the idea of dying sooner rather than later. “I don’t fear death, but I don’t want to have a long, painful and miserable existence,” he explained. “I like the idea that if you have a terminal illness, you can go to a place in Switzerland and get it done quickly. I saw my father die of cancer.”
