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    Robert Trujillo believes the late Ozzy Osbourne was "having fun" during his funeral

    The Metallica bassist was among the attendees at his friend's private memorial service earlier this month and he's reflected on the extreme weather changes throughout the day, including a sudden gust of wind that swept through as Ozzy's daughter, Kelly Osbourne, sang for those in attendance


    Robert told SiriusXM's Trunk Nation: "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.

    "When Kelly was singing, her lyrics flew. Like the wind blew her lyrics away. It was almost like Ozzy was having fun with her."

    When Ozzy's Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler delivered his eulogy, the sun suddenly appeared.

    Robert said: "Geezer broke down in tears. He had a hard time, obviously, speaking. And then he came back up and he delivered an amazing eulogy.

    "The sun actually came out, and then it was beautiful from that moment on."

    The Enter Sandman hitmaker - who was also a member of Ozzy's backing band - found there was a lot of "very magical moments" and a lot of laughter amid the emotion of the funeral.

    He said: "It was a small group of people but it was very, very beautiful... 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. And 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."

    The Crazy Train hitmaker - who passed away on July 22, at the age of 76 - had dec lared long before his death that he wanted his funeral to be a "celebration" and even feature some "pranks".

    He told The Times newspaper in 2011: "I do want to make sure it's a celebration, not a mope-fest.

    "I'd also like some pranks; maybe the sound of knocking inside the coffin; or a video of me asking my doctor for a second opinion on his diagnosis of 'death.' There'll be no harping on the bad times."

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