Ozzy Osbourne's farewell ceremony was held in Birmingham (5 photos + 3 video)
The funeral of the legendary rock musician will be held tomorrow behind closed doors. 
Today in Birmingham there was a farewell ceremony for the rock legend and frontman of the band Black Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne, who died on July 22 at the age of 76. Thousands of fans gathered on the streets of the hometown of the "great and terrible".
At 13:15 on the Black Sabbath bridge, where a memorial bench was installed in honor of the metal band, the funeral cortege stopped. Ozzy's family - widow Sharon and their children Jack, Kelly and Aimee - got out of their cars. Sharon was the first to lay a funeral bouquet on the bench, followed by the children. The bench itself was no longer visible by this point. It was covered in flowers, balloons, paintings and other things that connected people with Ozzy Osbourne. 
Osbourne reportedly did not want his funeral to turn into a "festival of gloom", so he left a will to his family that the procession should be led by a New Orleans-style brass band. His dying wish was fulfilled - the procession was led by a brass band playing the main hits of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne himself.
It is noted that today's event was part of a public farewell ceremony for fans and all those who wanted to say goodbye to the legend. The funeral will be held behind closed doors tomorrow, Thursday, in the church in the town of Gerrards Cross, where Ozzy Osbourne lived. Only members of the artist's family, members of the Black Sabbath group and friends, including Elton John and co-founder and frontman of Metallica James Hetfield, will be present.
