Last Rites
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4.9 • 38 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"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. If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd done normal, sensible things, I wouldn't be Ozzy."
Husband. Father. Grandfather. F*cking Icon.
1948 - 2025
In 2018, at the age of sixty-nine, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world.
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 Ozzy's descent into hell. Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career, including his marriage to wife Sharon, as well as his reflections on what it took for him to get back onstage for the triumphant Back to the Beginning concert, streamed around the world, where Ozzy reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time.
Unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites demonstrates once again why Ozzy has transcended his status as 'The Godfather of Metal' and 'The Prince of Darkness' to become a modern-day folk hero and national treasure.
Customer Reviews
Awesome listen
This was a wonderful read. Ozzy was a great man and was a wonderful storyteller. I absolutely enjoyed this well written book.
Touching, Moving, Honest, Raw, Heartwarming
This was a great book and gave me some measure of closure now that Ozzy has passed on. This book will leave you inspired, pack tissues because you’ll need them, and there are so many memories and stories that he talks about that brings you back to having a world with him in it. It was like having personal one on one with him. What a gift to the fans. Thank You Ozzy, from a fan of yours as a Father, and as Ozzy the entertainer. Your humility and your brutal honesty and his open expressions of love are all over this book. It’s great and thank me later. Really thank Ozzy(just in case any of his family see this) Thank you for sharing your lives with us.
Worth the listen!!
Great look at the final years of a man who touched so many across generations, continents and versions of music.