The late and nice Ozzy Osbourne (nonetheless a sentence that feels bizarre to kind) is about to obtain the Lord Mayor’s Award in his hometown of Birmingham this Wednesday, December 3 on what would have been his 77th birthday.
The accolade can be offered posthumously by town’s Lord Mayor, Zafar Iqbal MBE, alongside Deputy Lord Mayor Ken Wooden, with members of the Osbourne household attending to simply accept the honour.
Asserting the information on social media toda,, Iqbal paid emotional tribute to the Prince Of Darkness: “On 3 December—Ozzy Osbourne’s birthday—his household will obtain the Lord Mayor’s Award in a heartfelt tribute to his life and legacy. From Aston to the world stage, Ozzy outlined heavy metallic and carried Birmingham in his coronary heart each step of the best way. Ozzy eternally!”
The Lord Mayor’s Award acknowledges “excellent achievement or distinctive service to town and folks of Birmingham.” Osbourne, who died of a coronary heart assault on July 22, 2025 following long-term well being struggles, had remained lively within the months main as much as his demise.
Regardless of his declining well being, Ozzy made one last triumphant return to his roots with the July 5 farewell present Again To The Starting at Villa Park — a star-studded tribute celebrating each his solo legacy and his era-defining work with Black Sabbath. The occasion raised a formidable $11 million for Treatment Parkinson’s, Birmingham Kids’s Hospital, and Acorn Kids’s Hospice.
Birmingham has lengthy celebrated its most notorious son: Osbourne already has a commemorative bridge and bench within the metropolis, whereas Black Sabbath themselves had been honoured earlier this 12 months with a everlasting artwork set up, unveiled and personally signed by all 4 members across the time of their farewell look.
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