Thousands of emotional Black Sabbath fans have paid their respects to band founder and singer Ozzy Osbourne as his hearse makes its way through the streets of Birmingham

Ozzy Osbourne’s oldest children, Elliot and Jessica Osbourne, were seemingly absent from his July 30 funeral procession. Two of the Prince of Darkness’s children from his first marriage didn’t appear in photos from a funeral procession in Birmingham, England, where fans lined the streets to say a final goodbye as the rockstar’s family made their …

The Osbourne family is expected to look at the sea of tributes when the cortège reaches Broad Street at around 1pm. Crowds of people, many wearing Ozzy Osbourne T-shirts and holding posters and other tributes, are already waiting behind metal barriers all along Broad Street.