
Anyone who has lost a beloved parent knows that the grief is unlike any other. It is a strange thought, moving about the world without one of the people who brought you into it. For the Osbournes, losing patriarch Ozzy Osbourne at just 76, it’s just the beginning of navigating those huge feelings.
Though diagnosed in 2003, Ozzy only recently in 2020 announced to the world that he had Parkinson’s, and as it progressed the family had to come to grips with his decline. For Kelly Osbourne, the inevitable loss was a reality she was admittedly terrified to navigate. Just a few months ago in October, she confessed to Us Weekly what the anticipatory grief felt like
My biggest fear is losing a member of my family because we are such a unit and so close that we’re nothing without the other,” she told the outlet. “You know, Parkinson’s is really tricky. We don’t know good days from bad days until you’re in it.”
She also commented on what it was like facing that reality as a daughter.
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“I always look at my parents as being so invincible. And then all of a sudden you realize that, like, oh, they’re fragile and they’re a little lost. And now it’s my job to show them the way.”
Fans expressed so much sympathy for Kelly and the other Osbournes who were navigating this intense loss.
“I can’t imagine how much her heart and soul are hurting,” wrote one empathetic fan.
“They have been on my mind all day, their show may have been crazy at times but it was obvious how close they all were and how much Ozzy adored his family. Oh poor Sharon,” noted
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