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New details surrounding Ozzy Osbourne’s death have emerged.
“We can confirm that our helicopter was dispatched to provide advanced critical care at an incident near Chalfont St Giles on Tuesday 22nd July,” a Thames Valley Air Ambulance spokesperson told PEOPLE in a statement.
The Daily Mail first reported that the air ambulance was called to the Black Sabbath frontman’s family home and spent two hours providing care before the rock legend died on July 22 at the age of 76.
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Osbourne’s family announced his death the same day.
“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,” his wife Sharon and children Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE at the time. “He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.”
Following his death, a source told PEOPLE that Osbourne and his wife had moved to Buckinghamshire in 2023.
“It was a gift, because they got a year and half together, at home,” the source said, adding, “Ozzy’s final days were spent in England, surrounded by family, music and in the place he called home. He was in peace.”
The source added: “Sharon had wanted to move back to England for years, especially as she got older. England was always home for them, but it became more than that. It was about creating peace and the best life possible together in their final chapter. The path back to England wasn’t easy. His health has been fragile for years.”
In the weeks prior to his death, Osbourne performed from a throne at the Black Sabbath farewell concert — the icon’s final show — on July 5 in Birmingham, England.
Osbourne previously revealed in January 2020 that he’d been diagnosed in 2003 with Parkinson’s disease, a nervous system disorder that affects movement. At the time, he said it wasn’t “a death sentence.”
