Ozzy Osbourne, 74, Believes 'at Best' He Has '10 Years Left' to Live

Ozzy Osbourne

Many fans of Ozzy Osbourne, 74, have been keeping a close eye on the singer as he deals with major health issues, but according to the man himself, he likely won't be around for more than 10 years.

While speaking with Rolling Stone UK in a new interview, Osbourne opened up about his health and thoughts on dying. He described how his wife, Sharon Osbourne, yelled at him recently for smoking a joint, telling him, "What are you doing that for! It’ll f---ing kill you!" Osbourne responded to Sharon, "How long do you want me to f---ing live for?!"

"At best, I’ve got ten years left and when you’re older, time picks up speed," he told the publication. "Me and Sharon had our 41st wedding anniversary recently, and that’s just unbelievable to me!"

Osbourne appears to be quite accepting of his death, saying in the interview, "I don’t fear dying, but I don’t want to have a long, painful and miserable existence. I like the idea that if you have a terminal illness, you can go to a place in Switzerland and get it done quickly."

The Grammy winner was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2003, although he only opened up about his struggles with the condition in recent years. Along with that, the performer has had to have multiple spinal surgeries following a fall in 2019 that affected metal rods he had inserted after a quad bike crash in 2003.

As a result, Osbourne hasn't been on stage since last year, although his last full concert was in 2018. While speaking to Rolling Stone, he admitted that he might never be back on stage again, saying, "At the start of my illness, when I stopped touring, I was really pissed off with myself, the doctors, and the world. But as time has gone on, I’ve just gone, ‘Well, maybe I’ve just got to accept that fact.’"

Despite that, Osbourne appears to still have hope that one day, he can possibly have one final performance: “If I can’t continue doing shows on a regular basis, I just want to be well enough to do one show where I can say, ‘Hi guys, thanks so much for my life.’ That’s what I’m working towards, and if I drop down dead at the end of it, I’ll die a happy man.”

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