Why Ozzy Osbourne’s Bandmate Believes the Singer Had “Fun” at His Funeral

Robert Trujillo believes Ozzy Osbourne had some fun at his funeral. The Metallica bassist, who also played in Osbourne’s band, shared an incredible story about the late Black Sabbath singer’s funeral during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk.

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Osbourne died on July 22 after a decades-long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 76. The late rocker was laid to rest in Birmingham, U.K. on July 30.

According to Trujillo, Osbourne’s daughter, Kelly Osbourne, performed at her dad’s funeral.

“It had been raining at the beginning of the service… and then as it sort of progressed through the service, the weather would change and different things would happen,” Trujillo recalled. “When Kelly was singing, her lyrics flew. Like the wind blew her lyrics away. It was almost like Ozzy was having fun with her.”

Osbourne continued to let his presence be known throughout the funeral, most notably when the sun came out during Black Sabbath co-founder Geezer Butler’s speech.

“Geezer broke down in tears. He had a hard time, obviously, speaking. And then he came back up and he delivered an amazing eulogy,” Trujillo said. “The sun actually came out, and then it was beautiful from that moment on.”

Robert Trujillo Speaks Out About Ozzy Osbourne’s Funeral

Those and other “very magical moments” added some levity to a day that was filled with “a lot of tears.”

“It was a small group of people but it was very, very beautiful,” Trujillo said. “… It was very sad, but at the same time, some of the speeches were, as you could imagine, pretty funny. People sharing stories and all of a sudden there’s laughter, and ‘I remember this, I remember that.’ There’s so many stories.”

“It felt like there was closure from this,” he added. “I’m glad that we went. My wife Chloe and I went and shared that and we were able to have that moment with the family.”

It sounds like Osbourne’s funeral was exactly what he envisioned. Years before Osbourne’s death, he told Playboy what he wanted the potentially somber day to be like.

“When I go, I don’t want there to be morbid f**king crying people,” Osbourne said. “I want people to celebrate my life. Get me in the ground as soon as you can. You can cry all you want. But I ain’t coming back. I don’t think there are any f**king return tickets.”

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