Ozzy Osbourne died at the age of 76 in July of this year but has revealed in his memoir that he was good friends with Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry went to Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at Ozzy Osbourne’s house before his death, it has been revealed. It has been documented in the Black Sabbath’s star’s posthumous memoir Last Rites that the late Friends actor often visited his home in Los Angeles.
Ozzy died at the age of 76 in July of this year and Matthew died from a ketamine overdose in 2023 at the age of 54. In a segment, Ozzy says that Matthew would “come to our house for AA meetings”.
He then added that Matthew was the “funniest, most talented bloke. And he was trying so hard” to recover from his struggles with drugs. Ozzy then went on to reflect on the sadness he felt when he heard that the iconic actor has died.
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Ozzy wrote: “Then one day he listened to his addiction telling him it was OK to get loaded, and that was it – game over. I felt so sad when they said he’d been found in his hot tub, unresponsive, with ketamine in his system. He’d given everything to stay clean. But it wasn’t enough.”
Ozzy explained that he had thought about using a ketamine treatment similar to the one Matthew did in an attempt to combat his own addictions but he soon went off the idea.
The rockstar said that the doctors started him on a “tiny dose” but he soon felt a “very small but unmistakable altering of the mind”. That’s when he realised he would “never let addiction steal my spirit from me again”.
Ozzy has opened up about how AA meetings were able to help him when he “fell off the wagon” in 2012 as he went to 90 meetings in as many days in West Hollywood.
It has been reported since Ozzy’s death that he shared a deeply moving conversation with wife Sharon where he revealed what he was most looking forward to, just days before he died.
The sweet exchange was filmed at their English countryside retreat in Buckinghamshire, where they brought up their family. It proved to be one of the most emotional scenes in the BBC One documentary Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home.
The 76-year-old rocker was sprawled on the sofa when Sharon, 72, posed the question: “What are you most looking forward to?”
Following his last gig, Ozzy, who fought against Parkinson’s disease, replied: “Doing absolutely nothing.” Sharon agreed as Ozzy added: “Being with you Sharon… just being with you. We don’t have to be on phones to agents and things. I’m retiring from public life.”
In a shock confession, Ozzy then reveals to his wife that he’d like to put together his own vegetable patch which Sharon said they’d make happen.
Source: Mirror
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