Ozzy Osbourne’s cortege makes touching detour past his childhood home

The cortege carrying Ozzy Osbourne and his loved ones made a poignant detour down the road where he grew up – and where the star’s name is still etched into brickwork beside his old front door. Speaking to the media before the cortege arrived, Mohabbat Ali Zaman, the owner of the terraced house where the then John Michael Osbourne was raised, paid tribute to the late music star as a “legend” who was a “true Brummie”. Clutching letters from countries including America and Germany sent to the house by Black Sabbath fans in recent days, Mr Zaman told how he was only thee months old when his parents bought the property from the Osbournes in the autumn of 1972. He also recalled how Osbourne – who was “funny and good company” – sometimes phoned his family and asked to visit the property to reminisce.