Jack Osbourne Recalls the Moment He Learned His Dad Ozzy Died

"Jack recalled being awakened around 3:45 a.m. by a pounding on his Los Angeles doorstep, he said in a YouTube video posted Sept. 3. Outside stood a longtime employee of the Osbourne family. "When I looked through the window and saw it was him, I knew something bad had happened," Jack, 39, said. "And I was informed my father had passed.""

"As the news sank in, he remembered feeling a range of emotions, including intense sadness, pain, frustration and anger. "But there was a level of like, OK, he's not suffering anymore. He's not struggling." Jack said, adding that although his dad Ozzy was having "a rough go," he never imagined it would happen so suddenly, and "no one expected it to happen as quickly as it did.""

Jack Osbourne described being awakened at about 3:45 a.m. by a pounding at his Los Angeles door and told by a longtime family employee that his father, Ozzy Osbourne, had died. He said he felt intense sadness, pain, frustration and anger alongside a sense of relief that his father was no longer suffering after a difficult period. Ozzy died July 22 at age 76 from a heart attack, with cardiac arrest, coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease listed as contributing factors. Jack expressed gratitude for extra time with Ozzy during his final weeks after a canceled vacation.

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