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\n\tPraise for Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> and the legacy he established through the heavy metal mainstay Black Sabbath, as well as his later turn as an open collaborator and music industry legend, is pouring in following the musician\u2019s death at the age of 76.<\/a> Throughout his career, Osbourne shared the stage and the studio with genre- and generation-spanning collaborators, including Slash, Elton John, Mot\u00f6rhead, and Madonna, as well as Busta Rhymes, Yungblud, and Post Malone. Both his range and influence were expansive, heavily rooted in blazing a trail, leading the adventure, and living to tell the tale. Such sentiments were echoed across the music industry as news of his death began to spread.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSad to hear Ozzy died today,\u201d Pearl Jam\u2019s Mike McCready shared in a tribute on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cWhen I was in high school I discovered Sabbath. \u2018War Pigs\u2019 was terrifying and mesmerizing at the same time. It was Ozzy\u2019s voice that took me away to a dark universe. A great escape. Then when The \u2018Blizzard of Ozz\u2019 record came out I was instantly a fan. Randy Rhoads was an influence on me to play lead guitar. Luckily I got to play on the song \u2018Immortal\u2019 on the last record. Thanks for the music, Ozzy it makes our journey in life better.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cDidn\u2019t think you would leave so soon,\u201d the musician Yungblud, who recently developed a close mentorship with the late artist, wrote on Instagram.<\/a> \u201cThe last time we met you were so full of life and your laugh filled up the room. But as it is written with legends, they seem to know the things that we don\u2019t.\u201d Yungblud shared the tribute beneath a carousel of images, including a recent shot from a meeting during which he gifted Osbourne a chain, the same way the had done for him before. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI will never forget you \u2013 you will be in every single note I sing and with me every single time I walk on stage. Your cross around my neck is the most precious thing I own,\u201d the singer continued. \u201cYou asked me once if there was anything you could do for me and as I said then and as I will say now for all of us the music was enough. You took us on your adventure \u2013 an adventure that started it all. I am truly heartbroken. You were the greatest of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n