Jack Osbourne has penned a heartbreaking tribute to his beloved father, Ozzy Osbourne, simply days after the enduring rocker was laid to relaxation in a personal funeral service in England.
The Black Sabbath frontman, who was dubbed the Prince of Darkness, died surrounded by his family members on July 22 at age 76.
On Tuesday night time, the music icon’s son spoke out about his dying for the primary time, saying his “coronary heart has harm an excessive amount of” following the “Loopy Practice” hitmaker’s passing.
“I haven’t actually needed to publish something because the passing of my father. My coronary heart has harm an excessive amount of,” the 39-year-old wrote on Instagram.
“I’m gonna hold this brief as a result of he definitely hated lengthy rambling speeches. He was so many issues to so many individuals, however I used to be so fortunate and blessed to be aside of a really small group that received to name him ‘Dad.’”
He continued, “My coronary heart is stuffed with a lot unhappiness and sorrow, but additionally a lot love and gratitude. I received 14,501 days with that man and I do know that’s such a blessing. I feel this quote greatest describes my father.”
Jack then shared a quote from author Hunter S. Thompson, which reads, “Life shouldn’t be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a reasonably and well-preserved physique… however moderately to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, completely used up, completely worn out, and loudly proclaiming,‘Wow! What a experience!’”
“That was my dad,” Jack wrote. “He lived and he lived his life absolutely. I like you dad.”
The heartfelt publish, which Jack shared along with his 1.2 million followers on the platform, was accompanied by a video of Jack along with his well-known dad at “The Howard Stern Present” in November 1997.
“How cool is it to have Ozzy as a dad?” Stern requested the then-12-year-old. “Very cool,” Jack responded.
The candy video montage additionally contains photographs of the father-son duo all through the years set to Ozzy’s 1983 observe, “So Drained.”
The heavy steel pioneer was later laid to relaxation close to the lake of his Buckinghamshire residence on July 31.
The “Paranoid” singer’s widow, Sharon, 72, their youngsters, together with Aimee, Kelly, 40, and Osbourne’s son from a earlier relationship, Louis, 50, joined hundreds of followers to say farewell to the beloved music icon.
Every of the rocker’s family members wore a special merchandise in his honor. Heartbreaking pictures from the cortège confirmed Sharon hugging Kelly and holding Jack’s arms as she broke down in tears in entrance of a memorial for her late husband.
A public funeral procession was additionally organized via the streets of Osbourne’s Birmingham hometown.
The memorial service included greater than 100 friends, together with former Sabbath bandmates and different music business A-listers like Marilyn Manson, Metallica’s James Hetfield and Osbourne’s rock prodigy Yungblud.
