Ozzy Osbourne might be posthumously honoured with Birmingham’s Lord Mayor’s Award.
Ozzy Osbourne was a hometown hero in Birmingham, and his legacy lives on
The award, one of many metropolis’s highest civic recognitions, will be offered to members of the Osbourne household on December 3, which might have been the late Black Sabbath frontman’s 77th birthday.
Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Ken Wooden will make the presentation, whereas Lord Mayor Councillor Zafar Iqbal MBE will hand over Books of Condolence to the household.
The award acknowledges Ozzy’s contribution to Birmingham’s cultural and musical identification.
Born in Aston, he rose to worldwide fame because the frontman of pioneering heavy steel band Black Sabbath within the ’70s, earlier than launching a profitable solo profession. With a profession spanning greater than 5 a long time, the Paranoid rocker bought greater than 100 million data, received 5 Grammy Awards, and have become certainly one of solely 27 artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame twice.
Ozzy’s ties to Birmingham remained robust. His Working Class Hero exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Artwork Gallery has drawn practically 400,000 guests since opening in July. Earlier this 12 months, he and his Black Sabbath bandmates had been granted the Freedom of the Metropolis forward of their farewell Again To The Starting live performance.
The Osbourne household stated: “We’re deeply touched to obtain this award in honour of Ozzy. He was so liked by the individuals of Birmingham and it’s nice to see the affect he has had in his hometown.”
Councillor Zafar Iqbal MBE described Osbourne as “a proud and far‑missed son of Birmingham”.
Deputy Lord Mayor Ken Wooden added: “Ozzy Osbourne was greater than a music icon — he was a proud son of Birmingham whose affect reached each nook of the globe.”
Osbourne died in July, aged 76, after years of unwell well being, together with a well-documented battle with Parkinson’s illness.
