Sharon Osbourne carried out her husband Ozzy Osbourne’s reported dying wish to be buried under a crabapple tree at the couple’s Buckinghamshire estate, but a new report says she is now facing a painful personal dilemma.
According to the Daily Mail, the Black Sabbath singer — who died in July after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease — was interred in the grounds of Welders House, the Grade II-listed Georgian mansion the couple bought in 1993, beneath a crabapple tree that matched the wishes he set out publicly and reiterated to his family. In his 2009 autobiography I Am Ozzy, he wrote that he wanted to be buried under a fruit tree “so the kids can make wine out of me and get p**sed out of their heads,” and the report quotes conversations in which he asked his wife, “Don’t cremate me, whatever you do. I want to be put in the ground, in a nice garden somewhere, with a tree planted over my head. A crabapple tree, preferably.”
The Daily Mail report says Sharon fulfilled those wishes but is now left navigating family and property matters in the months after Ozzy’s death. The article states that the couple’s three children — Aimee, Jack and Kelly — and five grandchildren have made decisions that have complicated Sharon’s situation at the estate, though the report did not provide detailed public statements from family members on the arrangements.
Representatives for Sharon Osbourne and members of the family did not provide an on-the-record comment for this article. The Osbournes have long kept certain aspects of their private life out of the public eye, while also speaking candidly in books and interviews about personal wishes and family affairs.
Welders House, in the village of Jordans in Buckinghamshire, has been associated with the family since the early 1990s. Obituaries and public statements following Ozzy’s death detailed his long career as the front man of Black Sabbath and his later solo work, as well as his years-long struggle with Parkinson’s disease, which his family confirmed as a significant health challenge in the final years of his life.
The burial choice echoes comments Ozzy made publicly about his desire for an unorthodox resting place, detailed in his memoir and repeated privately, and reflects a trend among some public figures of choosing burial sites on private property to preserve privacy and create a family focal point.
The report’s account of Sharon’s predicament underscores decisions that surviving family members commonly face after the death of a high-profile spouse: how to balance private wishes, family dynamics and the long-term stewardship of property tied to personal and cultural legacy. The full nature of the “dilemma” described in the Daily Mail piece was not detailed with formal statements in the public record at the time of publication.
Media outlets have been covering both Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy and Sharon Osbourne’s role as a public figure and family matriarch. Further confirmations from family representatives or estate trustees would be required to clarify the specifics of the estate’s future and any changes in residence or property plans described in the report.