Legendary heavy metal singerOzzy Osbourne- who has often said in interviews that he is "lucky to be alive" after decades of substance abuse, casual sex and drinking - wants his funeral to be "a celebration, not a mope-fest."

In his health column for theSunday Timesmagazine, the 62-year-oldOsbournewrites, "I don't care what they play at my funeral; they can put on a medley ofJustin Bieber,Susan BoyleandWe Are The Diddymenif it makes 'em happy - but I do want to make sure it's a celebration, not a mope-fest (sic).

"I'd also like some pranks maybe the sound of knocking inside the coffin, or a video of me asking my doctor for a second opinion on his diagnosis of 'death'.

"There'll be no harping on the bad times. I don't want my funeral to be sad. I want it to be a time to say 'thanks.'"

In 2007,Ozzyand his wife/managerSharonmade headlines when they revealed that they agreed to a suicide pact - because she doesn't want to go through the pain her fatherDon Ardendid when he suffered from Alzheimer's.

Sharonclaimed she andOzzymade the mutual decision after music mogulArdenlost his struggle with the neurodegenerative disease and died, aged 81.

She said, "We believe 100 per cent in euthanasia, so have drawn up plans to go to the assisted suicide flat in Switzerland if we ever have an illness that affects our brains. IfOzzyor I ever got Alzheimer's, that's it - we'd be off.

"We gathered the kids around the kitchen table, told them our wishes and they've all agreed to go with it. There's no way I could go through what (my father) did, or put my kids through that.

"My father deteriorated at such a rapid speed he became a shell of himself.

"Some say the disease is hereditary so at the first sign I want to be put out of my misery."

Source: www.Blabbermouth.net