"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.

Ozzy Osbourne's celebrity friends paid tribute to the 76-year-old following his death. The Black Sabbath frontman died surrounded by his family on Tuesday, July 22. He passed away just weeks after he performed with the original Black Sabbath line-up for the last time at the Back to the Beginning concert at Villa Park.

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