Ozzy Osbourne's Family Pay Their Respects Ahead Of His Funeral Alongside Thousands Of Fans

Thousands of fans congregated in Birmingham for Ozzy Osbourne's funeral on TuesdayOzzy Osbourne’s family joined thousands of mourners who gathered on Tuesday to pay their respects to the rock icon.The late Black Sabbath frontman’s funeral took place in Birmingham on Tuesday afternoon. Before the service took place, hundreds upon hundreds of fans lined the streets as part of his funeral procession. Joining them were the rocker’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, and their three children, Aimee, Kelly and Jack.Jack, Sharon, Kelly and Aimee Osbourne pictured at the funeral procession of Ozzy OsbourneA tearful Sharon was also seen embracing Birmingham’s Lord Mayor Zafar Iqbal, who declared that Ozzy was “more than a music legend — he was a son of Birmingham”.“We know how much this moment will mean to his fans,” Iqbal added.Sharon Osbourne embraces the Lord Mayor of BirminghamAs Ozzy’s hearse passed – adorned with purple flowers including a wreath spelling out the Grammy winner’s name – fans were also heard chanting: “Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy, oi, oi, oi.”Ozzy – whose legal name was John Michael Osbourne – died earlier this month at the age of 76. He had previously been vocal about his health issues, which included Parkinson’s disease, with which he was diagnosed in 2003, although he did not disclose this publicly until 2020.Two weeks before his death, Ozzy and his Black Sabbath bandmates reunited for one last show, dubbed Back To The Beginning, which saw around 45,000 fans gathering at Birmingham’s Villa Park stadium to see him performing tracks like War Pigs and Paranoid.Ozzy Osbourne's hearse was adorned with purple floral arrangementsThe streets of Birmingham were lined with people hoping to pay their respects to rock royaltyElectronic billboards also appeared around Birmingham with the message: "Ozzy forever... Birmingham will always love you."Fans chanted "Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy, oi, oi, oi!" as the Black Sabbath's hearse passed byAs well as his children, Aimee, Kelly and Jack – the latter two of whom rose to fame when they appeared alongside their parents in the groundbreaking reality show The Osbournes – Ozzy was also a dad to two more children, Jessica and Louis, from his marriage to his first wife, Thelma Riley.During this relationship, he also adopted Riley’s five-year-old son Elliot.Before the funeral, tributes had also been laid at Ozzy’s star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, as well as the Black Sabbath Bridge in Birmingham.READ MORE:My Birmingham: Ozzy Osbourne On His Brummie RootsKelly Osbourne Pays Tribute To Dad Ozzy In A Very Black Sabbath Way Following His Death

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