Ozzy Osbourne's 'secret' son Louie's message after inclusion in family announcement

One of Ozzy Osbourne's sons has made a small but poignant tribute to his late father in the wake of the Black Sabbath frontman's death being announced. Brummie Ozzy was a father to six children from his two marriages, but only four of his kids were mentioned in the family statement announcing his death.

"It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning," the family statement reads. "He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis."

Jack, Kelly and Aimee Osbourne are Ozzy's three youngest children from his second marriage to former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne. Louis Osbourne is the late rocker's youngest child from his time with his first wife.

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Before even meeting Sharon, Ozzy was a dad-of-three thanks to his first marriage to ex-wife, Thelma Riley, whom he was married to from 1971 to 1982. The late singer adopted Kinglsey, Thelma's son from a previous relationship, before he became a biological father for the first time in 1972 when daughter Jessica was born.

Three years later, son Louis was born. While Kinglsey and Jessica weren't named on the Osbourne family statement last night, it appears Louis was present for his father's final hours. It's not yet known why Kinglsey and Jessica didn't feature on the statement.

Following his father's passing, Louis has changed his Facebook profile picture to an all-black screen as he mourns the War Pigs hitmaker.

Louis appeared in the first season of The Osbournes - featuring heavily in the Christmas special 'A Very Ozzy Christmas'. The programme, which proved popular among audiences in the UK and across the pond, saw them go about their daily lives as cameras documented their every move.

In 2012, Louis opened up about his relationship with his famous father and his half siblings. "I don’t travel half as much as I used to and they are in America," he told Birmingham Live in 2012. "There is more chance of us seeing each other in a random New York hotel than us all getting round a table for a Sunday lunch. We meet on special occasions."

He and his dad, however, did make a point to check in on a regular basis. "Dad usually calls on a Sunday afternoon for a catch up and when he comes over to the UK we take the kids down. Dad is great, very much a doting grandad."

Black Sabbath fans, musicians and former bandmates have remembered Ozzy following his death with messages including one of thanks to him for "bringing Birmingham together". His Black Sabbath band mates – Terence 'Geezer' Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward – led tributes to Ozzy alongside fans from his home city of Birmingham, where he had taken to the stage as part of a reunion concert just weeks earlier.

Black Sabbath co-founder Iommi said it was "brilliant" to reunite with the band before Ozzy died, saying the singer "really wanted" to perform together again and "felt at home"

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: "It is really a shock. It’s really hit me today to be honest, but yeah, a terrible shock. It was brilliant to be with all the guys again… and it was brilliant for Ozzy because he really wanted to do that, you know, he felt at home there and it was really good for him. It was good for all of us, and lovely to be able to get together for a final thing. I mean, we didn’t realise it was going to be this final."

Earlier this month, Ozzy took to the stage as part of the Black Sabbath reunion, telling thousands of heavy metal enthusiasts at Villa Park – a stone’s throw from where the band was formed in 1968 – that it was "so good to be on this stage" as he performed his last set from a large black throne.

Osbourne and his fellow original Black Sabbath members were the last to appear as part of the star-studded line-up for the Back to the Beginning concert.

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