Ozzy Osbourne's 'uncensored' final autobiography to be published months after death - with wife Sharon 'set to write emotional foreword'

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6 days ago

's final and most revealing autobiography will be published later this year in October.
The book, titled Last Rites, was completed shortly before Ozzy passed awa yaged 76 and offers fans an unfiltered look into the highs and lows of his life, including the infamous affair that nearly destroyed his marriage to Sharon Osbourne.
It has been reported that the memoir will deep dive into the Black Sabbath frontman's 2012–2016 relationship with hairstylist Michelle Pugh.
At the time, the revelation rocked his marriage, and Sharon, then 63, was left blindsided and heartbroken.
Speaking about the pain it caused, Sharon later revealed in an emotional interview that the betrayal pushed her to attempt to take her own life.
She confessed: 'I took, I don't know how many pills.'
'I just thought, 'my kids are older, they are fine and can take care of themselves.''
Ozzy's book doesn't shy away from this dark chapter. In fact, it is thought a large portion of the memoir is dedicated to the guilt and remorse he felt over the affair, and how it nearly cost him everything.
A source told The Sun: 'This book was basically Ozzy's last confessions and contains a lot of passages about how he is sorry for the affair.
'As he was always brutally honest during his life, it's been decided not a word will be changed, even about painful times in his life and how his affair affected Sharon.'
Despite the deeply personal content, Last Rites is also expected to be a celebration of Ozzy's iconic legacy.
Described as 'unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming,' the book will span everything from his wild years with Black Sabbath, to his battle with addiction, to his final return to the stage for his globally streamed Back to the Beginning concert, which reunited him with his original bandmates.
It has also been rumoured that Sharon will be asked to write a foreword for the book.
Although it is still early days in terms of Sharon's grieving process, it is thought she has agreed in principle to write the book's foreword.
The source continued: 'Sharon is made of stern stuff and the publishers know she will want to leave her fingerprint on this book.
'Writing its foreword will also be cathartic for her and act as a way of laying Ozzy to rest.'
MailOnline has contacted book publishers Sphere, Little Brown Book Company and Hachette for comment.
The memoir's cover has already been unveiled, showing a prayerful Ozzy with his hands held up to his face, and the design echoes the book's tone – part confession, part celebration, and part farewell.
Throughout the book, Ozzy reflects on the chaos and triumphs of his life with characteristic bluntness and humour.
In one particularly poignant moment, he writes: '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.'
He adds, 'Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can't complain. I've been all around the world. Seen a lot of things. I've done good... and I've done bad. But right now, I'm not ready to go anywhere.'
On Wednesday, MailOnline revealed that an air ambulance was called to Osbourne's multi-million-pound country home as paramedics battled to save his life.
The Thames Valley air ambulance landed in a field close to Welders House, the singer's Grade II listed mansion on Tuesday morning at around 10.30am.
The crew were airborne for around 15 minutes before landing in the grounds of the mansion and were then with Ozzy for around two hours, trying but failing to save his life, it's understood.
Ozzy was born John Michael Osbourne in Birmingham in 1948, and dropped out of school at the age of 15.
After serving two months in prison for burglary, he decided to pursue his love of music and by 1970 Black Sabbath had gained a huge following in the US and UK with the release of their first album.
Ozzy quit the band in 1978 and divorced his first wife Thelma Mayfair, who he had two children with, four years later, amid his ongoing substance abuse problems.
He went on to marry second wife Sharon Osbourne, who helped him transform into a successful solo artist and the couple had three children together.
Ozzy gained a whole new audience of fans with the family's reality TV show The Osbournes in 2001.