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Thousands of fans lined the streets of Birmingham to pay their final respects to the Black Sabbath frontman as his funeral procession passed through his home city before a private service

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To the thunderous sound of Black Sabbath and the chants of thousands of fans decked in purple and black, the father of heavy metal was laid to rest – in the city that made him, and that he never truly left behind.