“At the age of 69, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world,” reads a description on the book’s preorder page. “Then, disaster. In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalized with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour—and all public life—as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down. Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Osbourne’s descent into hell.” Osbourne’s second memoir will include his thoughts on last weekend’s Back to the Beginning concert, which reportedly raised $200 million for charity, his turbulent marriage, encounters with fellow hellraisers, and the harrowing final moments he spent with Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister.
**Ozzy Osbourne’s New Memoir *Last Rites* Promises a Raw, Unfiltered Look at His Fall, Fight, and Final Bow** At 69, Ozzy Osbourne was still the unstoppable Prince of Darkness—commanding sold-out arenas across the globe on what was to be his triumphant farewell tour. But as revealed in the upcoming memoir *Last Rites*, everything changed…