NEED TO KNOW

• Ozzy Osbourne only discussed death once with his wife, Sharon

• They talked about wanting to be buried together

• He details their conversation in the posthumous memoir Last Rites (out now)

Ozzy Osbourne and his family didn’t like discussing mortality — but there was one important conversation the rocker did have with his wife Sharon.

Osbourne, who died on July 22 at age 76, wrote in his new memoir Last Rites (out now) that his wife and children would often shut down any conversation about his death. Still, there was one thing he and Sharon, 72, did discuss.

“The only conversation I’ve had with Sharon was when we decided we wanted to be buried together,” he wrote in the book. “I’ve also said to Sharon, don’t you dare go before me. It’s my biggest fear now, Sharon leaving this world before I do. If she does, I won’t be too far behind. I live for the woman.”

Osbourne also dispelled any rumor of a “suicide pact” between the couple, who married in 1982 and shared daughters Aimee, 42, and Kelly, 40, and son Jack, 39.

“That’s bulls—. We just don’t want some drawn-out end on a breathing tube,” he explained.

Osbourne died just days after taking part in the long-awaited Back to the Beginning farewell concert with Black Sabbath on July 5. Last Rites covers the last seven or so years of his life, including his growing number of health problems and his fight to get back on stage one last time.

The memoir, which was announced just 12 days before his death, also delves into the near-death experiences of his past, including his struggles with substance abuse and the 1982 plane crash that killed his close friend and bandmate Randy Rhoads and makeup artist Rachel Youngblood.

“Unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites demonstrates once again why Ozzy has transcended his status as ‘The Godfather of Metal’ and ‘The Prince of Darkness’ to become a modern-day folk hero and international treasure,” a press release says of the book, which was finished just days before he died.

In the release, Osbourne’s son Jack opened up about the book, saying his dad had been “chipping away at it over the last three or four years.”

Jack noted that “not many” of his family members had read Last Rites yet, as the aftermath of losing their patriarch has been a “difficult time for everyone.”

“My father would want people to smile, laugh, and feel love when they read it. He absolutely hated when people felt sorry for him,” Jack said. “I know some fans will get emotional—it’s hard not to—but he couldn’t stand when people cried in front of him or got sad around him. So enjoy his words. Feel his energy. Remember who he will always be. And never stop loving him.”