Before Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22 in Buckinghamshire, England, a "helicopter was dispatched to provide advanced critical care," a Thames Valley Air Ambulance spokesperson confirmed to PEOPLE in a statement.

Ozzy Osbourne, who died this week at 76, had a reputation as a hell-raiser for crazy stunts like biting off a bat’s head. Rumors swirled before his 1982 visit to Kalamazoo.

Ozzy Osbourne—the legendary Black Sabbath singer and television personality—has died, according to his family. “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,

The chemistry Ozzy Osbourne had with his beloved guitarist, Randy Rhoads, was undeniable, but their incredible collaborative relationship came to an end with a fiery tragedy that claimed three lives

Ozzy Osbourne is famous for, among other things, coming back from near-death experiences. The Prince of Darkness died one last, final time though, reported dead on July 22, 2025. One of the times he nearly died in 2003 happened on his old Yamaha Banshee,

"That was really sad the other day, and it wasn’t until this morning I remembered we had him in the trailer and in this season," James Gunn says of Osbourne.

Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne died following his battle with a genetic form of Parkinson's disease, while a brain expert says the singer's lifestyle could have contributed.

The claim about his health and the COVID-19 vaccine is consistent with a common conspiracy theory that spread online during the pandemic, falsely attributing numerous famous peoples' deaths to the vaccine. We have previously fact-checked such claims about Betty White, Lisa Loring and even Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.