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e, but they came from a very difficult background in Birmingham and they managed to forge something completely new. I think that will always be respected for what it is.”
The tributes seen on Saturday will remain in place for some time. But the sense of loss may grow as fans gather across the city to remember Osbourne’s lasting legacy.
One woman who travelled from Bucks Hill, north of Birmingham, said: “I was quite young when I first saw him in the 1980s in a concert, and he was like nothing I had seen before. I wanted to be him – who wouldn’t – and I think he probably sowed the seed of rock music and everything I now love about it.”
One man, who came from the Netherlands, added: “He made that industrial city ordinary and great at the same time, and even though he might have flown the nest a long time ago, he never forgot where he came from. I think that is what makes him truly special – that he never, ever forgot the people who inspired him, and the city that made him what he was.”
Professor of music broadcasting at Birmingham City University, Paul Long, paid tribute to Osbourne on the university’s blog, praising the singer for “redefining what it meant to be from Birmingham” and “creating one of the most significant sounds to come out of the UK”.
He said: “Ozzy held a mirror up to the world of the 1980s and made the ugly beautiful and the derided glorious. In trying to make sense of the world, it was his harshest critics who were ultimately made to look foolish.”
Later on Saturday, there will be a special tribute concert in Ozzy’s honour at the former Aston University Students’ Union. Organisers said all proceeds would go to Osbourne’s chosen charity, Heart Support.
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