"He was and will continue to be a rock n roll legend," Cooper said in a statement, hours after Osbourne died on Tuesday.

Jack White, Metallica, Rob Zombie, Elton John and more paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne after the Black Sabbath frontman died at 76 on Tuesday morning. Osbourne had been recovering from several spinal surgeries as well as his ongoing battle with Parkinson’s disease.

In a statement cited by British media on Tuesday (early Wednesday), his family said he died "surrounded by love".

The music world has bene heartbroken since losing legendary singer Ozzy Osbourne. Osbourne, 76, had been battling Parkinson’s, and that was well known. Still, losing such an icon is never easy for folks.