Ozzy Osbourne was remembered during a mass in Uberlândia (MG), last Monday, the 27th – and the unusual moment went viral on social media. The heavy metal icon and Black Sabbath died on July 22nd, at the age of 76.
According to the newspaper O Estado de Minas , the mass in question was celebrated at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida. While reading the names of loved ones who had passed away seven days prior, Father Eduardo Calil mentioned Ozzy's name, likely suggested by a parishioner who admired the musician.
In an interview, the religious figure said that he "simply read the name that was there" and saw no problem with the intention. "I think it's perhaps important to say that the Church prays for everyone. And that if a fan thought it would be interesting to pray for someone they like, that's completely acceptable," he said.
According to G1 , advertising executive Plínio Augusto Siqueira was the one who recorded the unexpected tribute. As a regular at the sanctuary, he knows the sequence of rituals and, when he heard Ozzy's name at the beginning of the celebration, he prepared his cell phone, knowing that the names would be remembered at another point in the mass.
Ozzy Osbourne's funeral
Thousands of fans gathered in the streets of Birmingham, England, to bid a final farewell to Ozzy Osbourne . The funeral procession carrying the singer's body passed through his hometown last Wednesday, July 30th.
More than 150,000 fans worldwide watched the procession via live stream on the Black Sabbath Bench website .
Before the ceremony, the car carrying Osbourne's coffin passed by the singer's childhood home on Lodge Road, Aston. Fans also laid flowers outside the property, near Villa Park.
Next, the funeral procession proceeded through the center of the singer's hometown, stopping at the Black Sabbath Bench and Bridge, where thousands of fans left messages and flowers in tribute to the pioneering heavy metal singer.
The funeral procession was escorted by police to the site, while hundreds of fans chanted “Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy” throughout the procession. The local band Bostin' Brass Band played the classic “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath, from their second album Paranoid (1970).
's wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne , and their children Jack, Kelly (along with Sid Wilson of Slipknot, and the couple's young son, Sidney), Aimee , and Louis – Ozzy's son from his first marriage to Thelma Riley – were in cars behind the hearse carrying the singer's body.
The singer's hearse displayed purple flowers spelling out "OZZY" beside his coffin. The vehicle stopped in front of the memorial. The event gave the Osbourne family the opportunity to see the tributes fans left around the city, as well as greet the crowd, lay flowers, and read some of the tributes left for the late Prince of Darkness.
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