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A campaign to rebrand Birmingham Airport in honour of the legendary Ozzy Osbourne is approaching 80,000 signatures - but the proposal has been rejected.

The Black Sabbath vocalist - who would've celebrated his 77th birthday on Wednesday (03.12. 25) - died in July at the age of 76, and supporters have recently pushed for his hometown's airport to bear his name.

A Change.org campaign calling for the airport to become Ozzy Osbourne International has garnered over 76,000 signatures at the time of writing, though the concept appears destined to remain grounded, according to Birmingham Airport Chief Executive Nick Barton.

Speaking on BBC West Midlands, he commented: "Birmingham, amazingly, has an extraordinary list of fantastically influential people, going from histor

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