Thousands of followers of the heavy metal They have gathered Wednesday in the streets of Birmingham to say goodbye to musician Ozzy Osbourne, who died on July 22 at age 76. The funeral courtship of the Black Sabbath group leader, who was known as the prince of darkness, toured his hometown before officiating a private ceremony.
The tribute act was arrested in a commemorative bank dedicated to his group, where his wife, Sharon Osbourne, and his children thanked the signs of affection of the attendees between greetings and signs of peace. The followers chanted “Ozzy, Ozzy!” While a New Orleans -style metal band headed the funeral procession, thus fulfilling the artist’s desire to avoid a “dreary funeral.”
Osbourne, along with Black Sabbath, achieved fame in the seventies with albums like Paranoid y War Pigs. The musician had a transgressive image, accentuated by episodes such as when he bit a bat that threw the stage during a concert. In addition, in 2002 he renewed his popularity with the reality The Osbournes.
Ozzy grew in the postwar Birmingham, in a humble class family with serious mental health problems. The singer came to jail for various robberies, despite this, along with Tony Iommi (guitarist), Geezer Butler (bassist) and Bill Ward (drums), he could succeed in the heavy metal and found its own group, Black Sabbath.
Days before his death, he had been honored in a concert in Birmingham with the participation of Metallica, Slayer, Tool and Guns N ‘Roses. The cause of his death has not been revealed, although in 2020 he had announced that Parkinson suffered.