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 lined the streets of Birmingham to bid farewell to the "Prince of Darkness" after the Black Sabbath frontman's death at 76.