{"id":10880,"date":"2026-07-10T18:06:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=10880"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:06:46","slug":"sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html","title":{"rendered":"Sharon Osbourne Shares Tribute to Ozzy on First Wedding Anniversary Since His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10889\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10889\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2026\/07\/Ozzy-and-Sharon_credit-Jaguar-PS-Shutterstock-Inset-sharonosbourne-Instagram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaguar PS \/ Shutterstock.com | Inset: @sharonosbourne \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sharon Osbourne is remembering the love she shared with her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne, on what would have been their 46th wedding anniversary, offering a heartfelt tribute that has touched fans around the world.<\/p>\n<p>On July 4, Sharon shared a photo of the couple holding hands and reflected on the first anniversary she has faced since the legendary Black Sabbath frontman died at age 76 on July 22, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday would have been our 46th wedding anniversary,\u201d Sharon wrote. \u201cInstead, it is a celebration of a love that even death could not diminish. I miss your hand in mine, but I carry your love with me every step of the way. Forever my husband. Forever my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaYQPWRhs-J\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaYQPWRhs-J\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Sharon Osbourne (@sharonosbourne)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Her message quickly drew an outpouring of support from friends and fellow celebrities. Singer Nicole Scherzinger responded, \u201cI am sending you all my love Mrs. O.\u201d Meanwhile, Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba shared a touching memory, writing that a digital photo frame often displays pictures from Ozzy\u2019s birthday, including \u201cthis one photo of you two holding hands,\u201d which reminds her of \u201cthe most beautiful love. An eternally beautiful love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Kloots added, \u201cSending you all the love Mrs. All of it,\u201d while Carmen Electra simply wrote, \u201cI love u so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharon and Ozzy\u2019s love story stretched back more than five decades. The couple met in the early 1970s, and after Ozzy was dismissed from Black Sabbath in 1979, Sharon stepped in as his manager, helping launch his wildly successful solo career. They married in Maui, Hawaii, on July 4, 1982, and raised three children together\u2014Aimee, Kelly and Jack.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, they faced addiction, health struggles and personal hardships, yet remained devoted to one another. Their family life became familiar to millions through MTV\u2019s The Osbournes, where viewers often saw Sharon standing faithfully by Ozzy\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Their daughter Kelly Osbourne also honored the occasion with an emotional message to her mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday feels different,\u201d she wrote. \u201cA day that was once filled with celebration now carries a quiet ache. This is your first wedding anniversary without Daddy by your side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly encouraged her mother with words of hope, adding, \u201cI hope you know that love like yours doesn\u2019t end when a life does. It changes shape.\u201d She reminded Sharon that Ozzy \u201cmay no longer walk beside you, but he will never stop walking with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also praised her mother\u2019s strength, calling her \u201cresilient, compassionate, courageous, and endlessly loving,\u201d and promised, \u201cWe will hold your hand when the days are too heavy, celebrate your victories, sit with you in your sadness and remind you whenever you need reminding that love is still all around you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following Ozzy\u2019s death, his family said he \u201cwas with his family and surrounded by love.\u201d In keeping with his personality, the rock icon had once shared that he hoped his funeral would be a celebration rather than a somber occasion.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2011 \u201cDear Ozzy\u201d column, he wrote, \u201cI don\u2019t want my funeral to be sad. I want it to be a time to say \u2018thanks.\u2019\u201d He even joked that he wanted playful pranks, including \u201cthe sound of knocking inside the coffin\u201d or a video asking his doctor for \u201ca second opinion on his diagnosis of \u2018death.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For many fans, Sharon\u2019s anniversary tribute serves as a reminder that enduring love can leave a legacy that outlasts even death\u2014a message that resonates deeply with Christians, who find hope in the promise that love, faith and eternal life are stronger than the grave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharon Osbourne is remembering the love she shared with her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne, on what would have been their 46th wedding anniversary, offering a heartfelt tribute that has touched fans around the world. On July 4, Sharon shared a photo of the couple holding hands and reflected on the first anniversary she has faced&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":10889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sharon Osbourne Shares Tribute to Ozzy on First Wedding Anniversary Since His Death<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sharon Osbourne honored Ozzy on what would have been their 46th wedding anniversary, sharing an emotional tribute one year after his death.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sharon Osbourne Shares Tribute to Ozzy on First Wedding Anniversary Since His Death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sharon Osbourne honored Ozzy on what would have been their 46th wedding anniversary, sharing an emotional tribute one year after his death.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stronger Marriages\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-10T18:06:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2026\/07\/Ozzy-and-Sharon_credit-Jaguar-PS-Shutterstock-Inset-sharonosbourne-Instagram.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Beliefnet Contributors\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sharon Osbourne Shares Tribute to Ozzy on First Wedding Anniversary Since His Death","description":"Sharon Osbourne honored Ozzy on what would have been their 46th wedding anniversary, sharing an emotional tribute one year after his death.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sharon Osbourne Shares Tribute to Ozzy on First Wedding Anniversary Since His Death","og_description":"Sharon Osbourne honored Ozzy on what would have been their 46th wedding anniversary, sharing an emotional tribute one year after his death.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html","og_site_name":"Stronger Marriages","article_published_time":"2026-07-10T18:06:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2026\/07\/Ozzy-and-Sharon_credit-Jaguar-PS-Shutterstock-Inset-sharonosbourne-Instagram.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Beliefnet Contributors","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html","name":"Sharon Osbourne Shares Tribute to Ozzy on First Wedding Anniversary Since His Death","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2026\/07\/Ozzy-and-Sharon_credit-Jaguar-PS-Shutterstock-Inset-sharonosbourne-Instagram.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-10T18:06:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-10T18:06:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/#\/schema\/person\/aea408b5be59bf6e05556b03859b6b79"},"description":"Sharon Osbourne honored Ozzy on what would have been their 46th wedding anniversary, sharing an emotional tribute one year after his death.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2026\/07\/Ozzy-and-Sharon_credit-Jaguar-PS-Shutterstock-Inset-sharonosbourne-Instagram.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2026\/07\/Ozzy-and-Sharon_credit-Jaguar-PS-Shutterstock-Inset-sharonosbourne-Instagram.jpg","width":1200,"height":900,"caption":"Jaguar PS \/ Shutterstock.com | Inset: @sharonosbourne \/ Instagram"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2026\/07\/sharon-osbourne-shares-tribute-to-ozzy-on-first-wedding-anniversary-since-his-death.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sharon Osbourne Shares Tribute to Ozzy on First Wedding Anniversary Since His Death"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/","name":"Stronger Marriages","description":"Navigating Faith and Relationships","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/#\/schema\/person\/aea408b5be59bf6e05556b03859b6b79","name":"Beliefnet Staff","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/author\/skirk"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/462"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10892,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10880\/revisions\/10892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}