Among Ozzy Osbourne‘s music industry pals was record producer Andrew Watt.
For six and a half years, according to Rolling Stone, Watt, 34 spoke daily Osbourne, who died on July 22, 2025, at age 76.
So that means on July 21 of this year, Watt also talked to the heavy metal icon.
“Everything was normal,” Watt, 34, told Rolling Stone in an interview article published Saturday, September 27. “And the next day was a giant shock.”
Watt added, “I miss the laughter,” in reflecting on his time with the heavy metal icon.
Watt became close with Osbourne while producing the former Black Sabbath frontman’s final two albums: Ordinary Man (2020) and Patient Number 9 (2022), as Rolling Stone noted.
Following his tragic death in July, Osbourne’s family issued a statement that “he was with his family and surrounded by love.” On August 5, it was confirmed he died from a heart attack, with coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease listed as contributing factors.
Later in August, a documentary about the late rocker was supposed to debut on BBC One but was abruptly pulled from airing just hours before its scheduled runtime. Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home was supposed to launch on August 18, chronicling the last chapter of his life with contributions from wife Sharon Osbourne as well as his children Jack Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne.
More recently, however, the trailer for an upcoming Paramount+ documentary about Ozzy was released.
It’s called Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, a two-hour film directed by Tania Alexander. Dropping on October 7, the doc will look back at Osbourne’s final six years as he prepared for his last two albums and farewell tour amid serious health issues, per a press release shared by Consequence of Sound. It was not originally intended to be a posthumous look at Osbourne’s life, and the rock legend is featured in interview segments throughout the film.
