Ozzy Osbourne’s final memoir includes one of the stranger details from his last years: the Prince of Darkness became fixated on Pink Lady apples.
The late Black Sabbath frontman wrote about the craving in Last Rites, his posthumous memoir with Chris Ayres. Grand Central Publishing released the book Oct. 7, 2025.
According to an excerpt published by The Times, Osbourne said the habit started during his final months in Los Angeles before he returned to England. The apples had to be Pink Lady apples from Erewhon, the upscale Los Angeles grocery store.
Osbourne Said the Craving Took Over at Night
Osbourne wrote that he got to the point where some nights he was eating 12 Pink Lady apples. He said he even had someone drive to Erewhon to buy them because he did not want bruised or damaged apples delivered.
The Guardian noted that Last Rites treats the apple craving as one of several examples of how Osbourne’s habits could spiral, even when the object was not drugs or alcohol.
In the memoir excerpt, Osbourne joked that he had become a recovered “appleaholic.” He said the craving stopped after he moved back to England.
The Apple Story Had Already Surfaced on the Family Podcast
The memoir detail follows an earlier family conversation from The Osbournes Podcast. Parade reported that Jack Osbourne once asked his father about his “sneaky snack,” and Kelly Osbourne answered that he could eat about 30 apples a day.
Ozzy then said Pink Lady was his favorite apple and that he could not stop eating them.
The clip later resurfaced online, giving fans another reminder of the contrast that followed Osbourne for decades. He built a career on darkness, chaos, and heavy metal mythology, but one of the habits now being rediscovered from his final years involved carefully chosen apples from a Los Angeles grocery store.
Last Rites Looks Back on Osbourne’s Final Years
Last Rites covers Osbourne’s final years, including his health problems, his marriage to Sharon Osbourne, and his return to the stage for the Back to the Beginning concert with Black Sabbath.
The concert took place July 5, 2025, at Villa Park in Birmingham, less than three weeks before Osbourne’s death. The Times excerpt described the show as his final goodbye to fans, with Black Sabbath reuniting and proceeds going to Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Cure Parkinson’s, and Acorns Children’s Hospice.
Osbourne died July 22, 2025, at age 76. The Associated Press reported that his death certificate listed a heart attack, coronary artery disease, and Parkinson’s disease with autonomic dysfunction.
The apple anecdote is small next to the medical struggles and career farewell covered in Last Rites, but it carries the kind of oddly specific humor that made Osbourne’s public persona last beyond the stage.