Even though the Prince of Darkness is no longer with us, his potential funeral arrangements, which include coffin tricks and Beatles songs to a joke in his epitaph, demonstrate that he never lost his sense of humour.
On multiple occasions prior to his death on July 22, 2025, the iconic Black Sabbath leader Ozzy Osbourne expressed his wishes for the world to perceive his demise, but rarely in a sombre manner. He discussed his own mortality and potential funeral service topics with candour and humour in talks with the media and television that spanned over ten years.
In a special article published in The Times in 2011, the 76-year-old responded to enquiries from everyday citizens. One Kentish woman, Macy, enquired as to whether it was “morbid to plan your own funeral?”
When Peter Sellers requested a certain song for his service—which turned out to be a farce because everyone knew he detested that tune—she wanted to do something meaningful.
Even after his death on July 22, 2025, Ozzy Osbourne’s humour shone through his funeral plans. The Black Sabbath frontman often joked about playing Beatles songs or Justin Bieber medleys at his service and even having someone knock from inside his coffin. He wanted laughs, not tears. “Make it a celebration, not a mope-fest,” he once said
