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

Alice Cooper pays tribute to Ozzy Osbourne: 'a cross between the Prince of Darkness and a court jester' - Rock legend Alice Cooper has paid a special tribute to Ozzy

The whole world is mourning Ozzy tonight,” Alice Cooper said at his concert in Cardiff, Wales, which he dedicated in full to Osbourne. “I always saw Ozzy as a cross between

Osbourne died on Tuesday at 76, just weeks after he and Black Sabbath performed at their farewell Back to the Beginning concert earlier in July.

During Alice Cooper's concert at the O2 arena, Johnny Depp was on-hand to play guitar in tribute to heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne.

If you polled the public about Ozzy Osbourne in the 1970s and ’80s, you were likely to hear he was a self-destructive rock-and-roll hedonist, a literal emissary of Satan, or a first-ballot contender for coolest and craziest human alive.

Legendary Rocker, 77, Said Ozzy Osbourne Wasn't in 'Great Shape' Days Before He Died originally appeared on Parade. Legendary rocker Alice Cooper noted that Ozzy Osbourne wasn't in the best shape before he died at the age of 76.

Pioneering heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne, who has died at age 76, made a lot of headlines with his visits to Green Bay in the 1980s.