Ozzy Osbourne, who died on July 22 at age 76, will be honored by his family with a funeral befitting the star’s infectious spirit, a source tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story.

Fans of Ozzy Osbourne will get a final opportunity to pay tribute to the heavy metal icon, in his hometown of Birmingham in the U.K., when his funeral cortege makes its way through the city center. Osbourne,

The late Ozzy Osbourne wanted his celebration of his life to be exactly that. In 2011, the Black Sabbath singer was asked in a column called Dr. Ozzy, for London's The Times, if planning your own funeral was morbid or a gift to your loved ones,