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\n\tOzzy Osbourne<\/a>\u2018s life story has been told many times. In addition to his 2010 memoir I Am Ozzy<\/em> there\u2019s a 1998 episode of VH1\u2019s Behind the Music<\/em>, the 2011 documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne<\/em>, the 2020 documentary Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne<\/em>, countless articles and books, and the Paramount+ documentary Ozzy: No Escape From Now<\/em>, which chronicles Ozzy\u2019s painful last years and his quest to play one final concert. Osbourne died<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n \n\tIf you\u2019ve encountered even some of them, you know the broad strokes: working-class upbringing in Birmingham, laying the groundwork for heavy metal as the frontman of Black Sabbath, fucking it all up due to psychotic levels of excess, meeting wife\/manager Sharon at a low point, rebuilding his career as a solo star in the early Eighties with help from guitarist Randy Rhoads, the tragic accident that killed Rhoads, No More Tears<\/em>, Ozzfest, the reality show, brutal injuries and addiction issues, and his uncanny ability to somehow survive it all until his body began failing him in 2018.<\/p>\n \n\tIt might seem like there\u2019s not much story left to tell, especially when you factor in No Escape From Now<\/em> and its many revelations. But Osbourne spent the final years of his life working with his I Am Ozzy<\/em> collaborator Chris Ayres on a follow-up memoir entitled Last Rites<\/em>, which arrives this week<\/a>. It focuses largely on the difficult final chapter of his life and the numerous medical setbacks he faced, but it also flashes back to encounters with Keith Moon, Bon Scott, Steve Marriott, and other long-departed rock icons. Here\u2019s 14 things we learned.<\/p>\n \n\tBack in 2018, Ozzy launched the No More Tours II tour. The plan was to finally retire from the road when it wrapped. (As the title suggests, this was his second<\/em> farewell tour.) But even in the middle of it, Sharon Osbourne was looking ahead. \u201cSharon was even talking about me taking up one of them golden-oldie residencies in Las Vegas when I got back,\u201d Ozzy writes. \u201cNot that I fancied the idea of becoming the next Barry Manilow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\tA Vegas residency was in the works.\t<\/h2>\n