The rock legend’s final word to hit bookshelves in October

JUST a few days after the passing of rock icon Ozzy Osbourne, it has been announced that his final memoir, Last Rites, will be published posthumously on October 7 through Grand Central Publishing, a division of the Hachette Book Group.

- LUTHO PASIYA

Osbourne, who died earlier this month, completed work on the memoir shortly before his death.

The book offers a raw and unfiltered look into the final chapter of his extraordinary life - one filled with personal battles, musical triumphs and moments of reflection.

According to the publisher, Last Rites is “udnflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming.”

It captures Osbourne’s thoughts on ageing, illness and mortality, while also revisiting pivotal moments from his career and personal life.

The memoir dives deep into the health battles that plagued his final years - including a life-altering infection and a subsequent descent into near-total paralysis that forced him to retreat from public life.

“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,” reads the publisher's summary.