The Black Sabbath bench has become a focal point for the Black Sabbath frontman’s fans to gather and remember him, with a huge amount of flowers and tributes left
16:35, 31 Jul 2025Updated 16:46, 31 Jul 2025
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Birmingham City Council has clarified rumours that the Ozzy shrine is to be dismantled.
Flowers and tributes have amassed at the Black Sabbath bench on Broad Street, where Ozzy’s wife Sharon and children paused with this funeral cortege on Wednesday (July 30) in emotional scenes.
Thousands of fans lined the road cheering ‘Ozzy, Ozzy’ and ‘We love you Sharon’ as the Osbourne family laid flowers and acknowledged the crowds.
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After information appeared online stating the flowers were due to be removed, the council has clarified the situation.
A spokesman told BirminghamLive the public still has the weekend to visit the shine, which has become a focal point, to pay their respects.
They added that workers will be removing some of the dead flowers and giving the area a general tidy up on Friday.
Sharon Osbourne with family and children (Aimee, Jack, Kelly) leave flowers to Ozzy at the Black Sabbath Bridge on Broad Street, Birmingham(Image: Nick Wilkinson/Birmingham Live)
The Black Sabbath frontman, who died aged 76 on Tuesday, July 22, was buried today at his £20m Buckinghamshire estate after a family service at a church in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, on Thursday (July 31).
He was buried next to an ornamental lake on his estate, surrounded by family and close friends.
After crashing yesterday due to the sheer number of people trying to see Black Sabbath Bridge from its year-round vantage point, the bench camera is back up and running and live-streaming.
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There is still a large number of people visiting to pay their respects, though a yellow security barrier has now been placed around the floral tributes.
Meanwhile, Kelly Osbourne has reshared an emotional message on her Instagram story about her late father.
The video, initially shared by Kevin Moran, saw him ask: “You want to know why Ozzy was so important?”
He continues: “Look at your feed right now. Look at the fact, for the last 24 hours, there has been no politics. No left or right.
“No them versus us, no us versus them. It’s been all of us collectively celebrating a life of a man that meant so much to us.”