Ozzy Osbourne says he’d ‘be dead’ if it wasn’t for wife Sharon following history of drug use

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Ozzy Osbourne has said he would ‘be dead’ if not for his wife Sharon, after their marriage led him to cut down on drinking and drug use.The Black Sabbath frontman, 73, who appeared in his home city Birmingham last month to close the 2022 Commonwealth Games, said he is now ‘boring’ following his most recent detox.Ozzy has taken time away from the spotlight over recent years due to his health, recently sharing that talkshow host wife Sharon is ‘heartbroken’ over his struggles.The rocker has been open about his health difficulties, having lived with Parkinson’s disease since 2003, and undergoing multiple spinal surgeries for a fall he suffered in 2019.Now in a new interview, he spoke further about his marriage with the Independent, having just celebrated his 40th wedding anniversary with the former X Factor judge.Asked about the secret to a happy marriage, he replied: ‘Love, I suppose.

If it wasn’t for Sharon, I’d be dead.’He continued: ‘I was doing f*****g huge amounts of drugs and booze. I never stopped.‘People wouldn’t know if I was gonna go through the door, the roof or the window.‘Now I don’t drink or smoke or f*****g do any of that s**t.’‘I’m f*****g boring’, he claimed.In June, the musician underwent ‘life-changing’ surgery to help with an injury sustained during a quad bike accident in 2003 which left him with lasting damage.Sharon, 69, thanked their fans for their ‘love and support’ shown in the lead-up to the surgery.Ozzy also faced concerns after contracting Covid-19 in April, with his wife taking care of him at the time, but he has since made a full recovery.The couple met when Sharon was 18 and they were married on July 4, 1982 in Hawaii.They have three children together: Aimee, Jack and Kelly.