Thousands of people gathered on Wednesday to honor the “Prince of Darkness” and Black Sabbath Frontman in the UK city of Birmingham.
Horse carrying Ozi Osbourne made its way through the city’s crowded roads, where he grew up and where Black Sabbath was formed in 1968.
Osbourne died at the age of 76 on July 22, a sold-out crowd a few weeks after a final gig. He was in poor health, a few years ago Parkinson’s diagnosis was made.
Fans pay their respect to Osbourne
Osbourne once said that he wanted his funeral to be a celebration, not “Mop-Festival.” Today was a mixture of sadness and celebration, as the crowd chanting “Ozi, Ozi, Ozi, Oi, Oi, Oi”.
A 16 -year -old fan, fan Ricet Sergeant AFP news agency, “I think it was imported to pay and pay our honor …. Ozi and Black Sabbath real placed Birmingham on the map.”
For a long time fan Antony Hunt said it has been on the “emotional” day. ,
“What is surprising that there are lots of, younger, young children, teenagers to find a wide variety of groups for people in the 70s, so it’s great to see,” heer said.
Birmingham Mayor Zafar Iqbal praised Osbourne as “son of Birmingham” and “more than a music legend”.
The 58 -year -old train driver, Graham Crouche, stated that Osbourne was “absolute legend” and “especially the soundtrack for my life.”
From childhood home to Black Sabbath Bridge
The hors of Osbourne, with the arrangement of flowers, made its way through the streets of the city. Under the leadership of a Live Brass Band, the procession passed through his childhood home in the city’s Eston region, Broad Street and Black Sabbath Bench. Art installation that was unveiled in 2019 and sits on a bridge named after the band.
Osbourne’s wife, Sharon and children, Kelly, Jack, Louis and Amy, followed in the rear vehicles. The family was blindly emotional as they went out on the bridge to lay the floor and read some tributes left by the fans.
The procession led by police motorcycles again continued its journey for a private funeral service.
Ozy Osbourne – ‘Heavy Metal Godfather’
Black Sabbath is widely credited to popularize the sound of heavy metal, and Osborne was known for its mythological antics, both and on the closed platform.
Black Sabbath had major commercial success in the 1970s and 80s, going to sell over 75 million albums worldwide.
In June, Ozi and his back Sabbath Bandmates Terence Butler, Tony Iom and Bill were awarded the city’s freedom in the recognition of their services to the city of Birmingham.
He played his last farewell show for 42,000 fans in Birmingham in early July, with the Rajkumar of Darkness on a Black throne.
Scene edited by Sinico
