{"id":4580,"date":"2025-07-26T17:02:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T17:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2025-07-26T17:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T17:02:29","slug":"this-morning-july-25-at-the-foggy-highgate-cemetery-in-london-the-moment-of-ozzy-osbournes-memorial-became-something-no-one-could-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=4580","title":{"rendered":"This morning, July 25, at the foggy Highgate Cemetery in London, the moment of Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s memorial became something no one could forget"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"157\" data-end=\"292\"><strong data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"292\">Brian May Leads Final Goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne, Strumming \u2018Mama, I\u2019m Coming Home\u2019 as the Casket Passes Through Highgate Cemetery<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"657\"><strong data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"439\">Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong>, the immortal icon of rock and roll, was laid to rest \u2014 and it was none other than\u00a0<strong data-start=\"523\" data-end=\"536\">Brian May<\/strong>, legendary guitarist of Queen, who led the quiet procession that would etch itself into the hearts of hundreds gathered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"657\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8b\/TaylorHawkTributeWemb030922_%28208_copped%29.jpg\" alt=\"Brian May - Wikipedia\" width=\"806\" height=\"1075\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"657\">\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"657\">\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"657\">\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"657\">\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"657\">\n<article class=\"post-21458 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"post-inner group\">\n<div class=\"entry themeform\">\n<div class=\"entry-inner\">\n<p data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"961\">There were no announcements. No formal introduction. Just minutes before Ozzy\u2019s casket was to reach its final resting place, Brian May appeared in silence, clad in a long black coat, his silver hair falling gently to his shoulders. In his hands: a worn acoustic guitar, weathered with time and history.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1141\">Then, without a word, he began to walk \u2014 slowly, beside the casket \u2014 gently strumming the opening notes of\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1070\" data-end=\"1098\">\u201cMama, I\u2019m Coming Home.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0And in that moment, the world stood still.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1141\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ro2m7GMOEm4\/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&amp;rs=AOn4CLBBGwnXNiCHXle37fSR1Z5Jgws-Jg\" alt=\"Kelly Osbourne BREAKS SILENCE On Ozzy Osbourne's Death - YouTube\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1143\" data-end=\"1448\"><strong data-start=\"1143\" data-end=\"1176\">Lining the path on both sides<\/strong>, mourners dressed in black held white flowers close to their chests. Some wept quietly. Others knelt, hands pressed to their hearts. A few reached out as the casket passed, as if hoping to touch, just once more, the spirit of the man who gave them voice through darkness.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1450\" data-end=\"1791\">Walking beside the casket was\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1480\" data-end=\"1499\">Ozzy\u2019s daughter<\/strong>, a young woman with striking purple hair in a short cut \u2014 her expression pale, grief-stricken. She spoke no words. Her hand rested gently on the lid of her father\u2019s coffin, every step a silent tribute. Her tears fell without sound, but they echoed in the eyes of everyone who witnessed them.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1828\">One attendee whispered afterward:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1829\" data-end=\"1952\">\n<p data-start=\"1831\" data-end=\"1952\">\u201cWhen Brian reached the chorus, I couldn\u2019t hold it together. It felt like Ozzy was still with us, somewhere in that fog.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1954\" data-end=\"2108\">Under the gray London sky, there was no microphone, no spotlight, no fanfare \u2014 and yet it may have been the most powerful performance of Brian May\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2110\" data-end=\"2341\"><strong data-start=\"2110\" data-end=\"2127\">Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong>, the man who once screamed \u201cI am Iron Man\u201d across stages worldwide, was sent home with the very melody he once wrote about returning to family. And the man who played it for him \u2014 could not have been more fitting.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2110\" data-end=\"2341\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kelly Osbourne BREAKS SILENCE On Ozzy Osbourne's Death\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ro2m7GMOEm4\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<nav class=\"pagination group\"><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"M833589ScriptRootC1472046_02a76\">\n<div id=\"AdskeeperComposite1472046_02a76\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"657\">\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"657\">\n<p><strong data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"313\">London, July 25<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 On a misty morning at Highgate Cemetery, a farewell unfolded that those in attendance will never forget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian May Leads Final Goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne, Strumming \u2018Mama, I\u2019m Coming Home\u2019 as the Casket Passes Through Highgate Cemetery &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Ozzy Osbourne, the immortal icon of rock and roll, was&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4581,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions\/4581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}