Ozzy Osbourne fans line Birmingham streets to honour Black Sabbath star
'He was the soundtrack particularly to my life growing up,' he said.
'Black Sabbath are the originators of heavy metal and made such great music. And he dared to be different because he was different.'
This month, Osbourne played a final concert in the city, where a star-studded line-up featuring Metallica, Slayer, Tool and Guns N' Roses paid tribute to Black Sabbath's legacy.
Black Sabbath hits Paranoid , War Pigs and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath made Osbourne a star in the early 1970s, and his antics on stage, most famously biting the head off a bat, extended his fame far beyond metal music.
In 2002, he won new fans when he starred in US reality TV show The Osbournes , with Sharon and two of his children, Jack and Kelly.
He died on July 22. No cause of death was given, but the star had disclosed a Parkinson's disease diagnosis in 2020.
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