Ozzy Osbourne‘s family members honored him at a funeral procession by way of his hometown of Birmingham, England.
Osbourne’s household attended his funeral on Wednesday, July 30, as followers lined the streets to concern their very own goodbyes to the music legend. After visiting Broad Avenue, Osbourne’s coffin was laid with purple flowers earlier than the procession stopped on the Black Sabbath bridge.
Ozzy’s spouse, Sharon Osbourne, cried as their daughter Kelly Osbourne comforted her with their son, Jack Osbourne, shut by. Sharon and Ozzy’s daughter Aimee Osbourne and Ozzy’s son Louis Osbourne (from a earlier relationship) had been additionally noticed holding up peace indicators to the gang.
Ozzy will probably be formally laid to relaxation in a personal ceremony afterward Wednesday, in response to BBC Information. Ozzy died on July 22 after a battle with Parkinson’s illness. He was 76.
“It’s with extra disappointment than mere phrases can convey that we’ve to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has handed away this morning,” his household stated in a press release to Us Weekly. “He was together with his household and surrounded by love. We ask everybody to respect our household privateness at the moment.”
Ozzy’s demise got here simply weeks after his farewell live performance with Black Sabbath in Birmingham, England, on July 5. He carried out a five-song solo set earlier than being joined by bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Invoice Ward for a further 4 songs.
Kelly Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, and Aimee Osbourne BEN STANSALL/AFP by way of Getty Photographs
“It’s so good to be on this f***ing stage, you haven’t any concept,” he advised the gang. “Let the insanity start!”
Two months earlier, Ozzy revealed in a Might interview with The Guardian that his spouse, Sharon Osbourne, got here up with the concept for the present “to present me a purpose to stand up within the morning.”
Ozzy Osbourne skilled a collection of well being ups and downs previous to his demise. Ozzy, who tied the knot with Sharon Osbourne in 1982, revealed he had Parkinson’s illness in 2020. (Ozzy and Sharon shared daughters Kelly and Aimee and son Jack. He was additionally father to Elliot, Louis and Jessica with ex-wife Thelma Riley.) […]
After the Black Sabbath live performance, Ozzy’s daughter Kelly shut down hypothesis that her father was “dying.”
“Sure, he has Parkinson’s, and sure, his mobility is totally totally different than it was, however he’s not dying,” she wrote by way of her Instagram Story on July 14.
For his or her half, Ozzy’s sisters Jean Powell and Gillian Hemming had been stunned by his demise after reuniting with him on the Black Sabbath present.
“He was frail, however it nonetheless got here as a shock,” Powell, 85, advised The Mirror on July 23. “He nonetheless had plans and issues he needed to do.”
Ozzy Osbourne offered greater than 100 million information worldwide between his solo profession and his days as a member of Black Sabbath previous to his demise in 2025. The England native acquired his begin in 1967 when he joined bassist Geezer Butler’s first band, Uncommon Breed, as a vocalist. Though the group didn’t final lengthy, […]
In February, Ozzy — who first shared his Parkinson’s illness prognosis in 2020 — revealed that he might not stroll on account of his well being battle.
“You get up the following morning and discover that one thing else has gone fallacious. You start to assume that is by no means going to finish,” he advised The Guardian in Might.
As for the way he was making ready for the Black Sabbath live performance, he defined, “I do weights [and] bike using, I’ve acquired a man residing at my home who’s working with me. It’s powerful. I’ve been laid up for such a very long time. I’ve been mendacity on my again doing nothing and the very first thing to go is your power. It’s like beginning yet again.”
