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, grew up in the central England city where Black Sabbath was formed in 1968.

The procession made its way down Birmingham's Broad Street in the center of the city to a canal bridge named in honor of Black Sabbath. The bridge features a bench with life-size cutouts of the band's four founding members — Osbourne, Terry "Geezer" Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward.

An emotional Sharon Osbourne, who was married to the musician for 43 years, stopped at the site and laid flowers at the growing memorial around the bench as fans watched from behind barriers. She was accomp

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