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Ozzy Osbourne's Dark Past: Memoir Reveals Attempted Murder

11/1/2025

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Ozzy Osbourne reflects in his posthumous memoir Last Rites on a September 1989 blackout when he nearly killed his wife, Sharon.
He recalls waking in a jail cell and learning he had been arrested for attempted murder.
Sharon dropped the charges after his six months in rehab, saying she doubted the sober Ozzy.
The memoir also discusses his health struggles and his desire to perform one last time.

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Ozzy Osbourne reflects in his posthumous memoir Last Rites on a September 1989 blackout when he nearly killed his wife, Sharon.
He recalls waking in a jail cell and learning he had been arrested for attempted murder.
Sharon dropped the charges after his six months in rehab, saying she doubted the sober Ozzy.
The memoir also discusses his health struggles and his desire to perform one last time.