United Kingdom, Nov. 13 -- Ozzy Osbourne was hospitalised in secret two weeks before his Black Sabbath reunion gig.

The legendary rocker, 76, died just 17 days after he took to the stage for his final performance at the Villa Park stadium in his hometown of Birmingham, UK on July 5 and his wife Sharon has now revealed Ozzy suffered a major health scare before the concert and she hired extra security to keep his hospital stint private because she was "terrified that people were going to find out".

During an appearance on The Osbournes Unfiltered podcast, Ozzy's son Jack revealed the star's health declined last December after he suffered a "a little fall" and Sharon explained he was hospitalised shortly before his big gig, saying: "The st...