Black Sabbath have paid tribute to their former frontman Ozzy Osbourne after the megastar died on the age of 76.
Osbourne’s demise on Tuesday morning was introduced in an announcement, which stated he died surrounded by his household.
His demise got here simply weeks after he reunited along with his Black Sabbath bandmates – Tony Iommi, Terence “Geezer” Butler and Invoice Ward – and carried out an enormous farewell live performance for followers.
The band paid tribute to him on Instagram by sharing a picture of Osbourne on stage on the farewell gig in Birmingham and writing “Ozzy Forever”.
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Butler, Black Sabbath’s bassist and first lyricist, thanked Osbourne for “all those years – we had some great fun”.
He stated: “Four kids from Aston – who’d have thought, eh? So glad we got to do it one last time, back in Aston. Love you.”
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Osbourne along with his spouse Sharon throughout the forty sixth Annual Grammy Awards. Pic: AP
Sir Elton John described Osbourne as his “dear friend” and a “huge trailblazer” who “secured his place in the pantheon of rock gods”.
“He was also one of the funniest people I’ve ever met,” the singer wrote on Instagram.
Ronnie Wooden, of The Rolling Stones, wrote: “I am so very sad to hear of the death of Ozzy Osbourne. What a lovely goodbye concert he had at Back To The Beginning in Birmingham.”
Born John Michael Osbourne on 3 December 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, he turned generally known as the godfather of heavy metallic.
The self-styled Prince of Darkness pioneered the music style with Black Sabbath earlier than occurring to have enormous success in his personal proper.
He was well-known for hits together with Iron Man, Paranoid, Struggle Pigs, Loopy Prepare and Modifications, each with the band and as a solo star.
Legendary American heavy metallic band Metallica shared a picture of them with Osbourne from 1986 together with an emoji of a damaged coronary heart.
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Posting on Instagram, Sir Rod Stewart stated: “Sleep well, my friend. I’ll see you up there – later rather than sooner.”
Queen guitarist Sir Brian Could stated he was “grateful I was able to have a few quiet words” with Osbourne after his farewell present at Villa Park three weeks in the past.
He stated the world will miss the singer’s “unique presence and fearless talent”.
