An emotional Sharon and Kelly Osbourne accepted the Lord Mayor’s Award in memory of Ozzy in Birmingham on Wednesday.
In a celebration of the late rocker’s life, fans gathered in his hometown to mark what would have been his 77th birthday.
Black Sabbath legend Ozzy died of heart failure at his Buckinghamshire home on July 22, just two weeks after performing a farewell concert with his bandmates at Birmingham‘s Villa Park.
Sharon was presented with the honour by councillor Ken Wood, while Kelly fought back tears.
The Lord Mayor’s Award is an honour presented by a city’s Lord Mayor to recognize outstanding contributions to the community.
Fans laid flowers at Black Sabbath Bench on Broad Street in the city, with the family paying tribute in a note.
An emotional Sharon and Kelly Osbourne accepted the Lord Mayor’s Award in memory of Ozzy in Birmingham on Wednesday
In a celebration of the late rocker’s life, fans gathered in his hometown to mark what would have been his 77th birthday
The singer, who sold more than 100 million records, will forever be synonymous with the heavy metal band he formed in his home city of Birmingham in 1969 (pictured 1989)
It read: ‘We love you Daddy, Love Louis, Aimee, Kelly and Jack’.
The singer, who sold more than 100 million records, will forever be synonymous with the heavy metal band he formed in his home city of Birmingham in 1969.
With hits that included Iron Man, War Pigs and Paranoid, Black Sabbath’s pushing of occult themes proved both hugely popular and controversial, with a future pope even condemning Osbourne for his ‘subliminal satanic influence’.
Earlier in the day, Sharon paid tribute to Ozzy as she said: ‘I will never let go of your hand until I see you on the other side.’
Sharing a post on Instagram, Sharon, who was married to him for 43 years, added: ‘My darling husband, I celebrate the day you were born.’
Daughter Kelly also remembered her father, writing in a post on Instagram showing him smiling next to a birthday cake, with the caption: ‘Happy birthday I miss you daddy! I love you more than life itself!’
Hours earlier, the 41-year-old shared a post that showed her sitting on the Black Sabbath bench in Birmingham, surrounded by floral tributes dedicated to her father.
She wrote: ‘Happy birthday daddy you most certainly did not die an ordinary man! Life without you is hard but not a day goes by that I don’t dedicate my life to loving you and your legacy!
Sharon was presented with the honour by councillor Ken Wood, while Kelly fought back tears
Fans laid flowers at Black Sabbath Bench on Broad Street in the city, with the family paying tribute in a note
Kelly signed a condolence book
The Lord Mayor’s Award is an honour presented by a city’s Lord Mayor to recognize outstanding contributions to the community
Dozens of bouquets and handwritten notes from fans were at the Black Sabbath Bench
With hits that included Iron Man, War Pigs and Paranoid, Black Sabbath’s pushing of occult themes proved both hugely popular and controversial
Fans took the time to write messages to the late rocker
Birmingham residents stopped to take photos of the floral display which read: ‘Happy Birthday Ozzy’
Fans took photos of the display
Sharon and her daughter Kelly posted touching tributes to their ‘darling’ Ozzy on the late rocker’s birthday on Wednesday
Black Sabbath legend Ozzy died of heart failure at his Buckinghamshire home on July 22, just two weeks after performing a farewell concert with his bandmates at Birmingham’s Villa Park
Kelly’s post featured snaps of her as a child with her father
In another Instagram post she shared snaps at the floral display area in Birmingham and said: ‘Happy birthday daddy you most certainly did not die an ordinary man!’
Kelly reunited with her aunties as they celebrated Ozzy’s life
‘I miss you more than anything in the world. I love you until eternity! What I would not give to watch you blow out just one more candle.’
Kelly’s brother Jack, 40, is currently a contestant on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here.
The TV star posted a picture of them as children on her Instagram stories, saying: ‘I can’t lie today is really hard without my brother. I would give anything to just be able to talk to him! However he needs to keep kicking b**t in the jungle!’
Jack has spoken about his late father while in the while in the jungle as viewers saw him become emotional after he had a ‘delicate day’ when he was reminded it was four months since the death of the Black Sabbath frontman.
Ozzy died after battling Parkinson’s Disease for six years, just weeks after Black Sabbath performed their final show together in their hometown.
The rocker reunited with his original bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the first time since 2005 to bid an emotional farewell to his decades of performing live on stage.
