OZZY OSBOURNE Laid To Rest In Grounds Of His U.K. Mansion
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Ozzy Osbourne was reportedly laid to rest earlier today (Thursday, July 31) at the grounds of his mansion in Buckinghamshire, England.
According to Daily Mail, the private service at the 250-acre estate was attended by Ozzy's family members, as well as Elton John and Ozzy's BLACK SABBATH bandmates, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Zakk Wylde and members of METALLICA, among other close friends and relatives.
TMZ.com has shared a few photos of some of the musicians arriving at Ozzy's estate for the burial ceremony.
A huge floral arrangement in the grounds of the mansion spelled out a tribute to the legendary heavy metal singer, with the words "Ozzy Fucking Osbourne" on the banks of the Osbourne lake.
An insider told The Sun that British singer Yungblud — whose real name is Dominic Harrison — would give a reading at Ozzy's funeral.
Yungblud became friends with Ozzy and Ozzy's wife/manager Sharon Osbourne after they appeared in the music video for his 2022 song "The Funeral".
After Ozzy's death, Elton called Osbourne a "dear friend" who "secured his place in the pantheon of rock gods".
Back in 2011, Ozzy spoke about what he wanted his funeral to look like, telling The Times: "I want to make sure it's a celebration, not a mope-fest. I'd also like some pranks — maybe the sound of knocking inside the coffin, or a video of me asking my doctor for a second opinion on his diagnosis of 'death'. There'll be no harping on the bad times. It's worth remembering that a lot of people see nothing but misery their whole lives. So by any measure, most of us in this country — especially rock stars like me — are very lucky. That's why I don't want my funeral to be sad — I want it to be a time to say, 'Thanks'."
Ozzy also addressed his death in his 2010 autobiography "I Am Ozzy". He wrote at the time: 'Eventually death will come, like it comes to everyone. I've said to Sharon: "Don't cremate me, whatever you do.' I want to be put in the ground, in a nice garden somewhere, with a tree planted over my head. A crabapple tree, preferably, so the kids can make wine out of me and get pissed out of their heads. As for what they’ll put on my headstone, I ain't under any illusions. If I close my eyes, I can already see it. Ozzy Osbourne, born 1948. Died, whenever. He bit the head off a bat.'"
On Wednesday, July 30, Ozzy fans had a chance to pay their respects to the BLACK SABBATH legend as his funeral cortège traveled through his original hometown of Birmingham, United Kingdom. The event also gave his family the opportunity to see the flowers, tributes and other memories his fans had left around the city.
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.
The funeral cortege was given a police escort to the site shortly after 1pm, as hundreds of fans chanted Osbourne's name, with tens of thousands more world-wide watched a livestream of the procession.
The six police motorcycles were followed by the Bostin' Brass Band performing Black Sabbath classic Iron Man, from the quartet's second album, Paranoid, released in 1970.
There were emotional scenes as the singer's hearse, with purple flowers spelling out the word 'OZZY' flanking his coffin, stopped in front of the memorial. Tearful Osbourne family members - Ozzy's wife Sharon, son Jack, and daughters Aimee and Kelly, with her husband, Slipknot's Sid Wilson and the couple's infant son Sidney - stepped out of a black people carrier to acknowledge the crowd, lay flowers and read some of the tributes left for the much-missed 76-year-old singer.
As the grief-stricken family departed for a private funeral service at a church in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, the assembled crowd, many of them in tears, chanted Ozzy's name once more.
Ozzy and his fellow BLACK SABBATH bandmembers Terence "Geezer" Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward were given the Freedom Of The City on June 28 in Birmingham.
Ozzy died the morning of July 22, his family announced in a statement.
"It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time," the family said.
No cause of death was given, but Osbourne had battled a number of health issues over the past several years, including Parkinson's disease and injuries he sustained from a late-night fall in 2019.
