Overview

• Last Rites, published posthumously on Oct. 7, follows Osbourne’s death on July 22 at age 76.
• Osbourne writes that his sex addiction escalated around Black Sabbath’s final tour and that he began seeing multiple women.
• He acknowledges the harm to his family, writing, “I broke my wife’s heart,” and apologizes to his children.
• The memoir quotes Sharon Osbourne’s reaction: “What the f--- did you expect, Ozzy? … one of ‘em’s gonna want more.”
• The book recounts the couple’s 2016 separation, his rehab for sex addiction, and their subsequent reconciliation and vow renewal.