The heavy metal legend grew up in Birmingham, where a memorial statue of him stands. His wife, Sharon Osbourne, was seen alighting a car at one point alongside her children to place a flower at the memorial. Distractify has reported that because of the late rocker, the city has long been known as the "birthplace of metal."

Fans and relatives of the late Ozzy Osbourne converged to pay their final respects to metal star in his home city.

Fans of legendary Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne paid their respects to the heavy metal icon on Wednesday as his funeral procession made its way through Birmingham, England. Osbourne, who died last week at the age of 76,