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On the heels of his final performance, Ozzy Osborne announced his memoir, Last Rites
The legendary singer’s firsthand account will explore his “descent into hell” — his medical crisis that caused him to end his tour in 2018 — and reflections on his life and career
Last Rites will be available Oct. 7, 2025
Ozzy Osborne is telling all in a new memoir.
The legendary musician, 76, chronicled his long career, glittery public life and medical trouble that began seven years ago in his upcoming memoir, titled Last Rites. Published by Grand Central Publishing of Hachette Book Group, Osborne’s firsthand account is “shocking, bitterly hilarious and surprisingly life-affirming.”
Osborne, the famed lead singer of Black Sabbath and the “Prince of Darkness,” was on his farewell tour in 2018 when he contracted an infection on his thumb. The small ailment was quickly overshadowed by “near total paralysis from the neck down,” the book’s synopsis reads, which led Osborne to abandon his tour. The singer was later diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019.
From there, Osborne’s story follows his “descent into hell.” But, the singer wrote, he has no regrets at all.
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Ozzy Osbourne attends the Ozzy Osbourne Album Special on July 29, 2022
“People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I’m like, f*** no,” the singer shared. “If I’d been clean and sober, I wouldn’t be Ozzy. If I’d done normal, sensible things, I wouldn’t be Ozzy.”
He continued, “Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can’t complain. I’ve been all around the world. Seen a lot of things. I’ve done good… and I’ve done bad. But right now, I’m not ready to go anywhere.”
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Ozzy Osborne’s ‘Last Rites.’
The memoir includes Osborne’s reflections on his life and career, including the Black Sabbath reunion and his close connections with other musicians Slash, Zakk Wylde and Lemmy Kilmister.
Osborne recently performed his final concert on July 5 at the “Back to the Beginning” show, which featured one last Black Sabbath reunion with guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward.
Last Rites will be available Oct. 7, 2025, wherever books are sold.
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