
Thousands of metal fans from across the world gathered today, July 30, in Birmingham, England to say an emotional farewell to hometown hero, national treasure and global icon Ozzy Osbourne.
Black Sabbath fans and followers of Osbourne's solo career lined Birmingham's Broad Street from early morning today, July 30, after the Osbourne family revealed that the singer's funeral procession would make a stop at the site of the Black Sabbath Bench and Bridge, where grieving fans have been leaving flowers, memorial cards and personal tributes to Osbourne since the news of his death broke on July 22.