The co-founders of Black Sabbath paid tribute to their doomsayer-in-chief following the news of Ozzy Osbourne’s death at age 76 on Tuesday.

Members of Black Sabbath honored Ozzy Osbourne with heartbreaking words and reflected on how four kids from Aston went on to become global music legends. Drummer Bill Ward, bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler,

Bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward were all between the ages of 18 and 20 when they began playing together in Birmingham. Naming themselves after an Italian horror film in early 1969,

Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward have all paid emotional tributes to their bandmate Ozzy Osbourne, who has died aged 76.

While Ozzy never had country ambitions, nor did he ever dabble in the genre in any way, he was friends with Johnny Cash, and at the aforementioned, recent farewell show, the queen herself Mrs. Dolly Parton left him a special message, saying:

"It's just such heartbreaking news that I can't really find the words, there won't ever be another like him," Iommi said.

A wide range of rock stars paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne on Tuesday after learning the former Black Sabbath frontman died at 76, just over two weeks after playing a farewell show in his native England.

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