The BBC is mulling its next move with Home to Roost, a planned 10-part docuseries about the Osbourne family, following Ozzy Osbourne’s death at age 76 on Tuesday, July 22.
The series, which Deadline described as a spiritual successor to hit MTV series The Osbournes, was meant to follow Ozzy and his wife Sharon as they returned to the U.K. from Los Angeles, with the help of their kids Kelly and Jack. (The couple also shared daughter Aimee, and Ozzy shared kids Jessica and Louis with his first wife, Thelma Riley, to whom he was married from 1971 to 1982.)
Sources told Deadline that there’s hope the series can still make it to air in some form, with producer Expectation having already filmed with the family for “a number of months.” It is now reportedly more likely to be a single film about the Osbournes rather than a 10-part docuseries.
“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,” Osbourne’s family shared in a statement to Us Weekly after his death. “He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.”
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A cause of death has not yet been revealed.
In addition to the docuseries, Ozzy also announced on July 10 that he was working on a memoir, titled Last Rites. The book will focus on his time with heavy metal band Black Sabbath, his marriage to Sharon and his numerous health battles over the years.
“People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I’m like, ‘F*** no,’ If I’d been clean and sober, I wouldn’t be Ozzy. If I’d done normal, sensible things, I wouldn’t be Ozzy,” he said in a press release at the time. “Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can’t complain. I’ve been all around the world. Seen a lot of things. I’ve done good … and I’ve done bad. But right now, I’m not ready to go anywhere.”
Last Rights is scheduled for an October 7, 2025, release.
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The Black Sabbath vocalist’s death comes just weeks after Kelly, 40, slammed rumors that her father was close to death. His final performance with Black Sabbath took place on July 5 in Birmingham, England.
Ozzy was battling Parkinson’s disease, which he was diagnosed with in 2019. As he continued to battle health issues and undergo a series of medical procedures, Kelly shared with Us in 2024 the toll his condition has taken on her.
“My biggest fear is losing a member of my family,” she said. “Because we are such a unit and so close that we are nothing without the other.”
