Both aesthetically — and occasionally musically — the show cribbed from the heavy metal heyday of the 1980s. So it was only right that Gaga honored one of the genre’s founders, Ozzy Osbourne, who died earlier that day.

The heavy metal legend's solo projects and Black Sabbath albums have hit the top of Amazon's CD and vinyl rock bestsellers chart

Pat Boone, the famously clean-cut pop crooner, paid tribute to his friend and former next-door neighbor, the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne. "I am stunned. I can't believe that my former next-door neighbor and good friend has passed suddenly,

Lady Gaga performed in San Francisco, honoring Ozzy Osbourne with a T-shirt tribute and a high-energy concert.

The heavy-metal nearly bought a La Jolla estate. “Mind you, my wife finds another house she wants to buy every other week,” he said. “How many do we have? Seven.”

The ‘80s star performed in Raleigh, North Carolina, on July 22, just hours after news of Osbourne’s death broke. During her set, she led the crowd in a sing-along of one of Black Sabbath’s biggest hits, “Crazy Train.”

When people look back at Ozzy Osbourne’s wildest pop culture appearances, they usually bring up The Osbournes, his cameo in Little Nicky, or that infamous bat incident, but buried deep in South Park’s

The post Ozzy Osbourne dies mere weeks after farewell concert appeared first on Salon.com. Ozzy Osbourne, the vocalist of heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath, has died. He was 76.