Fans of the famous Black Sabbath Frontman Ozy Osbourne will have a chance to pay their honors for a heavy metal icon today when their funeral makes their way through Birmingham, England.
Osbourne, who Last week died At the age of 76, Birmingham grew up, and is a city in Central England where Black Sabbath was formed.
God Mayor of Birmingham Zafar Iqbal ” Said in a statement Tuesday
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The procession is scheduled to begin around 1 pm (8 am) local time. This will make its way under the broad street of Birmingham in the center of the city towards a canal bridge nominated in honor of Black Sabbath.
The bridge has a bench with four founding members of the band-Osbourne, Terry “Geyser” Butler, Tony Iomi and Bill Ward-shaped cutouts.
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Since Osbourne’s death, fans have been coming to the site to pay tribute to the singer, known as The Prince of Darkness, leaving flowers, pictures and notes.
“Last stop on crazy train?” A handwritten message said on an Eston Villa Soccer Team shirt, which was tied to the bridge last week, in 1980, a single “Crazy Train” was mentioned from Osbourne debut Solo album. Sandesh said: “But the metal remains forever.”
After Osbourne’s death, the “Crazy Train” was streamted and played on the radio so much that the song made it Billboard Hot 100 Chart First, ranking at number 46 in its most recent version.
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Fans who could not build in Birmingham to honor Osbourne See a livestream Of bench and bridge.
Iqbal said that it was important for the city to have a “fitting, dignified tribute” for the famous rocker before the funeral of a private family.
“We know how much this moment would mean for his fans,” he said. “We are proud to host it at the place with our loving family where all this started.”
Ozborn Retired from touring In 2023, three years after revealing that it was Diagnosis of Parkinson’s diseaseA degenerative movement disorder.
Less than three weeks after appearing on the stage for the final time, less than three weeks after re -joining the Birmingham concert with his black sabbath bandmates, in which the performance of rock legends affected by the band was depicted.
“You don’t know how I feel,” Osborn told a crowd of over 40,000 fans that night, according to, BBC News“Thank you deeply of my heart.”
