The sports world paid tribute to a heavy metal icon on Tuesday. Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary Prince of Darkness, died at the age of 76 on Tuesday, and kind words quickly poured out for the larger-than-life singer.

Aston Villa have paid heartfelt tribute to lifelong supporter and heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne, who has passed away at the age of 76.

The Black Sabbath frontman's last gig was at Villa Park. He meant an awful lot to the people of Birmingham and never forgot his roots

Ozzy Osbourne viewed his farewell concert as attending his own "wake" - allowing him to say goodbye on his terms while hanging many of his favorite rock icons and family. Ozzy reveled in performing and spending two days with bandmates, family and musicians at the Birmingham, UK gig.

Terence 'Geezer' Butler shares "57 incredible years of friendship," from that first barefoot knock on his door to the bittersweet farewell at Villa Park.

Which minute of the game should Aston Villa fans be ring-­fencing to commemorate the late Ozzy Osbourne next season? Big Villa fan, of course, Black Sabbath’s frontman. And huge at Villa Park, his passing this week marked immediately by a club statement mourning the “world-renowned rock star and Villan”.

Ozzy Osbourne’s bond with Aston Villa spanned decades. Here’s how the Prince of Darkness became a claret-and-blue icon.

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Few people knew Ozzy Osbourne more intimately than his Black Sabbath bandmates, who, despite their conflicts over the years, spent decades with the Prince of Darkness. To Geezer Butler, however, Osbourne wasn’t the Prince of Darkness at all; he was the “Prince of Laughter,” as the bassist wrote in a tribute to his old friend for The Times.