Last Rites

Ozzy Osbourne was at the peak of a triumphant farewell tour when his body gave out, taking him from sold-out arenas to a hospital bed facing near-total paralysis within weeks. Published in 2025, this memoir captures that harrowing physical collapse as its frame, but the story reaches far deeper, pulling in decades of rock mythology, complicated relationships, and the brutal self-reckoning that comes when a man famous for surviving everything suddenly has to confront his limits. Osbourne reflects on Black Sabbath, his marriage to Sharon, and the legendary hellraisers he outlived, including Lemmy Kilmister, Bon Scott, and John Bonham.

Ian Danter brings a grounded, unflinching quality to the narration that matches Osbourne's own voice on the page. Rather than mimicking the subject, Danter lets the writing's dark humor and raw honesty land naturally, giving the 10-hour runtime a conversational momentum that keeps even the bleakest passages from feeling heavy. For a story this chaotic and wide-ranging, audio is the right format, collapsing the distance between reader and subject until it feels like Ozzy is simply talking.