Ozzy Osbourne has been remembered as a “pioneer,” a “fearless talent” and a “dear friend,” in an outpouring of tributes from fellow musicians and his former Black Sabbath bandmates following his death on Tuesday at the age of 76.

Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne died following his battle with a genetic form of Parkinson's disease, while a brain expert says the singer's lifestyle could have contributed.

Sharon Osbourne is reportedly considering burying her husband Ozzy in the gardens of their Buckinghamshire estate. The Black Sabbath rocker died aged 76 on Tuesday following a battle with Parkinson’s,

“The moment he walked out on stage, it was just like he was shot with a bolt of lightning and he came alive,” Glendenning recalled. “I didn’t even think it was physically possible for a person that existed day to day the way he did to have that much energy and to turn on that much and to be that much of a showman.”

Ozzy Osbourne died on Tuesday at the age of 76, less than three weeks after he sat on a throne on stage — not far from where he was born — and performed a final show with Black Sabbath.