Aida Fofana BBC News, West Midlands Getty Images Ozzy Osbourne made his final journey through his home city on Wednesday Ozzy Osbourne may have swapped Birmingham’s streets for the bright lights of global fame but it felt like to fans that the Prince of Darkness never strayed from his roots. Thousands of fans gathered on Wednesday in Birmingham to pay …
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Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral cortege makes it way through the streets of Birmingham, England, past the Black Sabbath Bench on Wednesday. The Black Sabbath frontman passed away on July 22, at age of 76. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christopher Furlong/Getty Images LONDON — Tens of thousands of fans converged Wednesday on Birmingham, England, the home city of metal …
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Bat out of Hell Image Credit: Jacob King/PA Images/Getty Images A fan holds up a stuffed, Ozzy-branded bat, likely a nod to the infamous night he accidentally bit the head off a real bat during a show. In 2002, Osbourne joked to Rolling Stone: “I guarantee that if I was to die tonight, tomorrow it would be, ‘Ozzy Osbourne, the …
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BIRMINGHAM, England — The “home of metal” is honoring one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans were paying their respects Wednesday to frontman Ozzy Osbourne as his hearse made its way through the streets of Birmingham, the English city where he grew up and where the band was formed in 1968. The hearse carrying Osbourne, who …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link AP — The “home of metal” is honoring one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans were paying their respects Wednesday to frontman Ozzy Osbourne as his hearse made its way through the streets of Birmingham, the English city where he grew up and where the band was formed in 1968. The hearse …
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Tens of thousands of fans gathered in Ozzy Osbourne‘s hometown of Birmingham, England on Wednesday for the funeral procession of the legendary rocker and Black Sabbath frontman, who died on July 22 at the age of 76. The hearse holding Osbourne’s coffin made its way down Broad Street and past the Black Sabbath Bridge, where his widow, Sharon Osbourne, and …
Read More »BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The “home of metal” is honoring one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans will pay their respects Wednesday to frontman Ozzy Osbourne as his hearse makes its way through the streets of Birmingham, the English city where he grew up and where the band was formed in 1968. The hearse carrying Osbourne, …
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‘I told work I was going to a funeral’published at 12:26 British Summer Time 12:26 BST Ed JamesBBC Radio WM Lee Clarke and his mum, Tracey, got the sleeper train from Plymouth to be in Birmingham today. Lee booked the day off work, saying it was for a funeral. “I decided long ago when it happened I would go, thought …
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Alex McIntyre BBC News, West Midlands Getty Images Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral cortege will make its way through his home city of Birmingham Eight days after his death, Ozzy Osbourne will make his final journey through his home city of Birmingham as fans, friends and family say goodbye. The Black Sabbath singer’s body will be taken in a hearse through the …
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The event will take place on Wednesday, culminating at Black Sabbath bridge and bench, and featuring music from a local brass band Ozzy Osbourne will be honored with a funeral procession, complete with a brass band, that will march through his hometown of Birmingham, England, on Wednesday. The procession will start at 1 p.m. local time, the Birmingham City Council …
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