Ozzy Osbourne, the heavy metal legend who dominated rock for decades as a solo artist and member of Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 76.

Ozzy Osbourne, the storied Black Sabbath lead singer known as much for his excesses and bizarre onstage antics as his pioneering heavy metal music, has died in London. Bedeviled by health issues for years, Osbourne died Tuesday morning, his family announced, according to the Associated Press. He was 76.

Ian Marshall, from Cardiff, came to Birmingham on Tuesday to celebrate his 52nd birthday and was doing the Black Sabbath tour along with his daughter, Erin, and her boyfriend, Tyler. Mr Marshall, who said he had loved Sabbath for probably more than 35 years, said Osbourne had "a life lived".