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Topics: Ozzy Osbourne, Celebrity, Music, Parenting
Rhiannon Ingle
Topics: Ozzy Osbourne, Celebrity, Music, Parenting
Ozzy Osbourne's rarely seen son Louis has just shared a heartwarming admission about his father's funeral.
Back in July, the Black Sabbath star passed away aged 76, with his cause of death announced as cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease.
In the week following his death, Ozzy's fans came out in their thousands to line the city centre streets of Birmingham to say their final farewells to the heavy metal rock legend, along with Sharon and her kids Aimee Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, and Jack Osbourne, as well as Ozzy's son Louis from his previous marriage to Thelma Riley.
During his marriage with Thelma, Ozzy also had a daughter named Jessica and adopted her son, Elliot, from a previous relationship. The latter pair, however, were not present at the funeral.
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Jessica and Elliot were also left out of the Osbourne family statement confirming Ozzy’s death, which read: "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning.
"He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family's privacy at this time."
Louis recently appeared on his half-brother Jack's Trying Not to Die podcast, which aired on Tuesday (18 November) where he discussed what his father's funeral was like, telling listeners he was blown away by the 'volume of people' who came to mourn Ozzy.
"Before we turned onto the street, I just thought it was going to be like two or three people deep for like half a kilometre before where the Black Sabbath bridge was, and it would be a throng," he recalled.
Louis added that the turnout ended up being 'f**king insane', noting that he was 'getting goosebumps thinking about' onlookers 'climbing up lampposts, hanging out of windows, standing on top of bus stops to get a look of it'.
He went on: "Once we had all got out of the cars and showed our respects, and put some flowers down and moved on again, it kept on going for another half a mile and then people were following us all around town."
Louis hailed the moment as 'kind of awe-inspiring', admitting: "I knew people loved him, but I didn’t have a sense of how many and how much."
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