Ozzy Osbourne wants the world to know about his battle with Parkinson's Disease. It's the reason he performed his final show with the Black Sabbath earlier in July. He still had the power to control the masses too, even if it was just from his chair. There's an immense power to him, despite his crippling injuries and illness. Consequently, he wants to spread some of the awareness that comes with it.
Videos by Wide Open Country
Recently, Ozzy announced his newest book Last Rites, a memoir where the iconic rocker ruminates on his life, career, and health. Particularly, he details how one routine venture to the hospital for an infection in his thumb spiraled into something much more. Still, Osbourne maintains his sense of humor amidst it all.
Ozzy Osbourne Gets Personal in His New Book Last Rites
"Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Osbourne's descent into hell. Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career - including his turbulent marriage to wife Sharon, his encounters with fellow hellraisers including Slash, Bon Scott, John Bonham and Keith Moon, the harrowing final moments he spent with Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister, all alongside his reflections on the triumphant Back to the Beginning concert, streamed around the world, where Ozzy reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time and raised millions for charity," the synopsis reads.
Last Rites seems like a stirring read, depicting his powerful strength and resilience. Sharon opened up about her husband's perseverance in an interview with The Sun back in February. There, she detailed Ozzy's health and how dire his situation seemed. For him to pull off one last show was a massive feat of strength.
"He's very happy to be coming back and very emotional about this," Sharon says of Ozzy. "Parkinson's is a progressive disease. It's not something you can stabilize. It affects different parts of the body and it's affected his legs. But his voice is as good as it's ever been."
