The Ozzman has departed, but his legacy received a well-deserved nod at this year’s VMAs.

Ozzy Osbourne, who died July 22 at 76, was honored during the Sept. 7 MTV awards show with a musical salute from Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, British pop-punk rocker Yungblud and guitar sorcerer Nuno Bettencourt.

Osbourne's son Jack introduced the tribute on tape with his family, while a video package of Osbourne performances ended with the rock icon stating, "I'm a very lucky man. After all is said and done, I wouldn't change a thing."

The leonine Yungblud kicked off the potent performances with a well-executed "All aboard!" before diving into "Crazy Train" with Bettencourt handling the razor-sharp riffing and finger-bleeding solo made famous by Randy Rhoads.

After injecting Black Sabbath's "Changes" with plenty of rock verve, Yungblud receded into the dark lights so Joe Perry and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith could meet at the center of the stage catwalk.

Looking effortlessly cool, the Toxic Twins laid into "Mama, I'm Coming Home" amid frantic lights and exploding pyro. Though Tyler's vocal struggles prompted the cancelation of Aerosmith's farewell tour last year, he managed some robust screeches before the song ended in a heavenly chorus.

Osbourne died two weeks after his final performance with Black Sabbath from a heart attack following years of ill health, including Parkinson's disease.

The "Crazy Train" rock behemoth retained a lengthy history with MTV. His solo videos in the ‘80s and '90s – "Bark at the Moon," "No More Tears" and "Mama, I'm Coming Home" among them – were ubiquitous on the channel’s “Headbanger’s Ball” show, while his reality series, “The Osbournes,” launched his profile into the mainstream.

The show, which ran from 2002-2005, positioned Osbourne as a family man who shuffled around his house in slippers, adhered to requests from wife Sharon to take out the trash and affectionately tangled with kids Kelly and Jack (his third child with Sharon, daughter Aimee, refrained from participating in the show).

In 2014, Osbourne was honored by the EMAs – the European spinoff of the VMAs – with a Global Icon Award.

The documentary “Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now” is slated to debut on Paramount+ later this year.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Ozzy Osbourne honored by Steven Tyler and son Jack in emotional VMAs tribute

Reporting by Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY / USA TODAY

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