Thousands of Black Sabbath fans will pay their respects Wednesday to Osbourne as his hearse makes its way through the streets of Birmingham, where he grew

Ozzy Osbourne returned to the “home of metal” for the last time on Wednesday as an emotional Birmingham honored one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans paid their respects to the band's frontman as his hearse made its way through the city center followed by his tearful wife and children.

When people in Alabama think about Birmingham, they don't tend to picture the city across the pond. Thousands of fans are flocking to Birmingham, England, the city where Ozzy Osbourne grew up and started Black Sabbath in 1968.