Rocker Ozzy Osbourne 'on road to recovery' after 'major' surgery

British rocker Ozzy Osbourne is "doing well and on the road to recovery" after undergoing surgery earlier this week, his wife said.

Sharon Osbourne in a message on Instagram thanked fans for their support, after saying last week that the frontman for the former group Black Sabbath was going to have "a very major operation" on Monday.

She did not give details about the surgery.

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"Our family would like to express so much gratitude for the overwhelming amount of love and support leading up to Ozzy's surgery," Sharon Osbourne wrote in the early hours of this morning.

"Ozzy is doing well and on the road to recovery! Your love means the world to him."

The music manager and television personality on Friday told her co-panellists on her United Kingdom chat show The Talk that she would be travelling to Los Angeles over the weekend to be with her husband, describing the surgery as one that was "really going to determine the rest of his life".

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In an interview with Classic Rock magazine last month, Ozzy Osbourne, 73, said he was still struggling with injuries sustained from a 2003 quad bike accident. A 2019 fall at his home exacerbated the injuries and he required surgery.

"I'm just waiting on some more surgery on my neck. I can't walk properly these days. I have physical therapy every morning," he told the magazine. "I am somewhat better, but nowhere near as much as I want to be to go back on the road."

Sharon Osbourne has been open about her worries over her husband's health in the past, and two months ago, when Ozzy Osbourne contracted COVID-19, she broke down in tears on The Talk UK.

Her concerns over the status of his health are heightened due to the fact that Ozzy Osbourne has Parkinson's disease, something he opened up about in 2020, when he revealed he was diagnosed in 2003.

"I feel better now that I've owned up to the fact that I have a case of Parkinson's," he said at the time. "And I just hope (my fans) hang on and they're there for me because I need them."