In a deeply moving final interview, rock icon Ozzy Osbourne reflected on his life and career in a new BBC One documentary, Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, aired Thursday. Filmed in the last years of his life, the documentary captures the heavy metal legend’s final chapter — and his unwavering pride in the journey.

Osbourne, who died in July 2025 at age 76, gave one of his final interviews just weeks before his passing, saying:

“It’s been a great life. If I could live my life again, I wouldn’t change a damn thing.”

The documentary follows the last three years of his life, including the emotional lead-up to his farewell concert in Birmingham’s Villa Park, where he performed in early July. “What a great way to go out that gig was,” Ozzy said, visibly moved by the experience.

The final performance was both triumphant and painful — a celebration of his legacy alongside bands he influenced, like Metallica and Guns N’ Roses, yet also marked by his physical limitations. Suffering from a serious spinal injury, Ozzy had to perform seated on a throne, something he called “humbling” and “torture” for a frontman known for his stage energy.

“I wanted to get up and sing so much. It was very humbling to sit in that chair for nine songs,” he said. During the performance of Mama, I’m Coming Home — a ballad written for Ozzy and Sharon by Lemmy from Motörhead — emotions ran high. “Everyone was crying,” his daughter Kelly Osbourne said in the film.

The BBC had postponed the documentary’s original August airdate, honoring the family’s request to delay the broadcast.

In the days following the concert, Osbourne announced he was retiring from public life, after a long battle with health issues, including a 2020 diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.

His upcoming memoir, Last Rites, is due to be published posthumously next week. An excerpt published in The Times reveals he battled sepsis earlier this year and had a near-death experience. “The whole family basically thought I was a goner,” he wrote. He also spent eight days in hospital after returning to the UK in May due to blood pressure complications.

In a humorous twist typical of his character, Ozzy also wrote about swapping drugs and alcohol for a new addiction — Pink Lady apples. “Some nights I was eating 12 of ’em,” he joked.

“It’s a wonder I didn’t wake up one day with an apple tree sprouting out of my arse.”

Ozzy Osbourne, the Black Sabbath frontman who became one of rock’s most enduring and unpredictable icons, signed off on his life with gratitude, defiance, and humor — just as he lived it.