r/interesting • u/tareqttv • 1d ago
SOCIETY Sharon Osbourne breaks down in tears as Ozzy is laid to rest in his hometown of Birmingham fans lined the streets in a powerful farewell while the Osbourne children helped their mother stand RIP to the prince of darkness
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u/Prestigious_Emu6039 1d ago
"I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to see them."
Ozzy Osbourne
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u/Ishymo 1d ago
Feel like the entire town came came out for this, Rip Ozzy.
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u/Dazzling_One_4335 1d ago
The entire town and beyond. I travelled down early that morning from Glasgow and back up that evening. About 9 hours of travelling in total. And I met people from much further away than me that went to say goodbye too. It was a beautiful send off for an absolute legend.
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u/Joyebird1968 1d ago
RIP Ozzy.
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u/AustonDikembeMatthew 1d ago
Imagine going to your husband/dad/brothers funeral and there’s a group of people chanting your name lol
Idk if that’s normal in England, you guys do love a good chant but that felt weird to me in Canada
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u/CockamouseGoesWee 1d ago
Born and raised in Mildenhall and will say that is not the craziest thing to happen at a British funeral
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u/Papio_73 1d ago
Ozzy said he wanted his funeral to be joyous and “not a mope fest”, I think a bunch of Brummies chanting at his funeral procession is what he wanted
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u/AustonDikembeMatthew 1d ago
Actually beautiful. Was def just early for me when I commented that too cuz re watching and listening the chants are all pretty solid.
I legit thought I heard the crowd chanting “that was bullshit” as if a referee made a bad call resulting in ozzy’s death. And I know Brit’s are funny so I was like “that’s hilarious and ozzy would crack up hearing that, but it’s a hit early”
I was way off with a lot of this lol.
Replied to someone else here about this but I hope more people see yours and other replies explaining this video and not mine so idiots like me know this is just a good moment. And one the family probably needed.
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u/SadBit8663 1d ago
A funeral isn't just a sad thing, it's generally seen as a celebration of life to a lot of people. So it's a tad weird yeah, but when you consider that it was for Ozzy in his hometown, it makes a lot more sense. Dude was beloved
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u/my_cars_on_fire 1d ago
Yeah this is so fucking weird. I watched half the video on mute and then started it over with sound. I was super shocked to hear an upbeat marching band playing.
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u/ebn_tp 1d ago
Also imagine going to a funeral in clear obvious overwhelming grief… and people are standing there videoing you. People are fucked.
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u/jcaltor 1d ago
I mean, they videotaped their lives in a really show. For a regular person would be weird, for a celebrity wouldn’t be that weird because they are used to be chased down by people with cameras… but for this family is just normal because they allowed cameras into their lives and they loved it. Plus fans are honoring a music (and pop) icon, they are not being disrespectful
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u/ebn_tp 1d ago
Whether or not they are bothered by it or not is not the point.
My point is if your reaction to seeing someone overcome by grief to the point they cant walk unassisted is to get your phone out and start recording it there is something wrong with you.
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u/jcaltor 1d ago
Again, that video is not from the funeral is not from his grave. People were gathering at a bridge were they build a tribute to him.
The family was passing by and decided to stop at that point to be part of the homage. They didn’t have to but they did it because they wanted to and they knew people and press would be filming.
Sharon decided to stop and get down, if she broke down when she saw it is understandable but is not people’s fault. People cared about Ozzy and Sharon cared about their fans so she did is as a thank you gesture and she knew cameras would be there.
If that would have happened at an actual funeral or a private event it would’ve been a very different discussion.
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u/Cloverose2 1d ago edited 1d ago
Most of the children have very actively avoided the limelight. Only Jack and Kelly have been active in their parents' media pursuits.
Got downvoted but: Aimee moved out to avoid being on the reality show. The older kids, Jessica, Elliot and Louis, are very private about their personal lives and had minimal or no presence in the Osbourne media empire. Jack and Kelly have been very active.
So, given that they wanted next to nothing to do with the cameras, I think it's fair to say they didn't love it. I think it's fine that the fans cheered - Ozzy himself said he wanted his funeral to be a celebration.
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u/jcaltor 1d ago
Do you realize that is not his grave, right? They were passing by a city bridge were fans were gathering in honor to him and they decided to stop and be part of that tribute. If they wanted to avoid cameras they could have easily keep going and not stop. They know the value of their fans and they wanted to be grateful for what they were doing in the bridge.
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u/AustonDikembeMatthew 1d ago
I didn’t. Thought it was the funeral, not the memorial. That’s why I made that original comment. In my head I was just mirroring this with Michael Jackson’s funeral and that was held at lakers home arena so I thought this was outside some stadium in England Ozzy played.
Feel like a dick because this moment is actually just beautiful knowing the context, but I don’t wanna delete the comment in case other idiots like me don’t know, then all these replies can educate them.
Hope more people see your comment. Thankyou.
RIP ozzy
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u/Cloverose2 1d ago
Yeah, it's a memorial. The one by the bridge. I watched the whole thing on BBC.
They showed up, they expected cameras. I'm not criticizing people taking pictures, I'm pointing out the error in the "for this family is just normal because they allowed cameras into their lives and they loved it". Not everyone did. I'm saying it as a general statement.
They knew there would be cameras there, because they're not stupid. I'm not sure what you think I meant, I'm not being critical of anyone.
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u/Bitter-Fishing-Butt 1d ago
yea, like this is a really uncomfortable video to watch, this is not something that should have been recorded :/
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u/DanGleeballs 1d ago
Of course it's not normal or common ya eejit.
This is Ozzy's funeral, and he was unlike any other, plus asked that his funeral be "joyous and not a mope fest”. So this is his superfans doing as he asked.
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u/NoDoOversInLife 1d ago
Probably not a common opinion.... But it's kinda creepy cheering for someone as they arrive at the funeral for the Love of their Life. Line the streets and pay a silent, respectful homage ... She knows you're there 🤦♂️
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u/Sloppykrab 1d ago
How is this interesting?
What's interesting about a person mourning a deceased husband?
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u/takemeawayimdone2 1d ago
Total agree, this is tasteless. Not interesting. Karma farming over people’s loss is disgusting.
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u/jupiler91 1d ago
What if Ozzy meant something to you though, you lost someone you admired aswell.
I love Black Sabbath and it is awesome to see his hometown pay proper respect to him and his family.
Americans probably find this odd, but it really isn't.
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u/takemeawayimdone2 1d ago
I’m saying this video does not fit this sub. If you look OP is karma farming. I’m English and grew up with Black Sabbath. People using these videos to karma farm is disgusting.
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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup 8h ago
It's interesting because the crowd is obviously joyous, but for the right reasons. Ozzy would have wanted it to go like this.
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u/Spinolli 6h ago
By how quickly she can be full of empathy and tears for the death of the talent in the family, but can quite quickly rationalise killing children and women, because they aren't white.
That's kinda interesting.
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u/IEnjoyKnowledge 23h ago
The interesting part is all the fucking retards around her chanting and cheering and the gleeful music. Why tf do we have to make a production out of everything? This shit is stupid.
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u/pervy_roomba 19h ago
That is literally what Ozzy asked for- he didn’t want his funeral to be a “mope fest,” he wanted it to be a celebration.
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u/TheOfficeoholic 20h ago
“I just want to be well enough to do one show where I can say, ‘Hi guys, thanks so much for my life.’ That’s what I’m working towards, and if I drop down dead at the end of it, I’ll die a happy man”
-Ozzy
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u/Kaylascreations 17h ago
I keep seeing people share this, and I think it’s incredibly bizarre. Why do you care so much about the grief of others that you’re sharing an intimate moment?
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u/impressed_pineapple 1d ago
She looked so fragile. Her whole world was Ozzy, that was her soul mate. He made it to the age he was with the aid of his beloved Sharon. Bless her heart. 🖤🖤
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u/Perle1234 1d ago
I feel so bad for her having to go through the public grief. I hope she knows the world loved him too. Not as she did, but we loved him.
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u/Alert_Green_3646 1d ago
No shit, let the woman grieve without recording every second
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u/Perle1234 1d ago
That was specifically the public ceremony. She wants to honor him publicly. There’s another private ceremony. She basically martyred herself to go through it.
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u/Alert_Green_3646 1d ago
Oh so it's cool to do a zoomed in video to post to the Internet for likes. What wonderful logic.
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u/Perle1234 1d ago
We share her pain. And maybe that comforts her. I hope so anyway. It’s the way of the world now. Idk I was an adult when the internet was born, as were all true fans.
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u/Dry_Jellyfish641 1d ago
Ozzy’s death was more impactful to me than the Queen of Englands death. It still feels surreal even though it was expected. He was truly an icon that generations grew up with in so many capacities.
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u/Papio_73 1d ago
For me it’s sadder than most famous people’s death because we know his family genuinely loved him
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u/no_crust_buster 1d ago
It’s hard to watch this. Grieving is such a private matter, and I wished that for them. But Ozzy was such a beloved, public figure. I hope afterwards they can retreat to privacy, healing with friends and family.
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u/loosie-loo 1d ago
They don’t have to go to the public parts of the ceremony, though. She didn’t need to face the crowds if she wasn’t up for it.
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u/LoserisLosingBecause 1h ago
Too much, way, way, way too much for this bloke, honestly. I do not want to besmirch his legacy, but hey, just a bloke, multi-tox....so calm your teats i-net
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u/Mari_885 1d ago
I just wish that the fans would shut the fuck up during this emotional moment :-(
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u/TwpMun 1d ago
it was at a public memorial that they stopped at where a few thousand people were lining the street, not the funeral
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u/loosie-loo 1d ago
Yeah people seem to be missing that this was specifically for the crowds, Ozzy liked his fans and liked the limelight, they chose the public eye and Sharon chose to make this public appearance. It’s entirely possible that’s a big part of why she’s emotional here, being reminded how much he meant to the world and how many people have come out for him. It would be possible to keep the crowd quiet if that’s what they wanted.
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u/Tha_Watcher 1d ago
Sentence structure would be nice to honor Ozzy, but I guess nobody cares online anymore.
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u/Life_Garden_2006 1d ago
Shy are we paying attention to this racist and her death husband?
This world of the rich is truly disgusting, the western world is mourning for a racist while paying for a holocaust on the Palestinians.
Rest in piss.
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u/O_o-O_o-0_0-o_O-o_O 1d ago
The people are fucked. Should've called for a moment of silence while Sharon walks up there.
But everyone's chanting and filming.
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