A Man Has Been Arrested for Taking Flowers from Ozzy Osbourne’s Memorial

Ozzy Osbourne’s death brought out countless mourners, many of whom left flowers at a memorial on Bond Street in the West Midlands, in his home country of the United Kingdom. Now, it’s been reported that a man is facing criminal charges over taking some of those flowers.

Far Out Magazine reports that police have arrested a 45-year-old man and charged him with theft after being notified that flowers had been taken from Osbourne’s memorial. He was arrested on Aug. 2nd, and is expected back in court on Sept. 3rd.

Currently, the memorial flowers are being preserved by the Central Bid Birmingham and will be sent to Osbourne’s family at a date to be determined.

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Ozzy Osbourne passed away on Tuesday, July 22. He was 76. In a statement, the Osbourne family said, “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love.”

In a post on Instagram, the family shared the same statement and added: “We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time,” signed, “Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee, and Louis.” Ozzy had been living with Parkinson’s and faced multiple health issues over the last several years, and his cause of death was ruled as being due to a heart attack.

Ozzy played his final show at the Back to the Beginning Concert

It’s important to note that Ozzy went out on the highest note that will make a difference in countless lives. Earlier this month, Ozzy and Black Sabbath delivered their final performances at the Back to the Beginning festival. The concert was a charity event that also featured bands like Metallica and Slayer.

Billboard has since confirmed that the event raised over $190 million for non-profit organizations, surpassing Live Aid (1985), FireAid (2025), and Hope for Haiti Now (2010) by a lot. Notably, all proceeds from Back to the Beginning will be distributed between three worthy causes: Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Acorn Children’s Hospice, and Cure Parkinson’s.

Metal Sucks noted that, while raising almost $200 million for charity from the event is a major accomplishment, the eye-opening part really is that the math works out to mean that the livestream generated upwards of $150 million, at $30 a ticket.

Ozzy is a man who left the world much better than he came into it.