Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘secret’ kids pay tribute to rocker following death

Ozzy Osbourne’s older children from his marriage to Thelma Riley have paid tribute to the rocker, following his death at 76 this week.

Osbourne, who detailed his family life with Sharon Osbourne in the hit reality show The Osbournes in the early 2000s, has two children, Louis and Jessica, with Riley.

Osbourne was married to Riley from 1971 to 1982.

Louis, 50, changed his Facebook profile picture to a black square. Meanwhile, Jessica reposted a tribute from Mario Lopez, simply writing “RIP Ozzy”.

Jessica was not included in the statement from the family.

Osbourne’s family released a statement about his death on Tuesday, US local time.

“It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,” the statement read.

“He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time,” they added before signing off as Sharon, Aimeee, Kelly, Jack and Louis.

Previously, Jessica wrote she had a chaotic childhood, with Ozzy gone a lot.

“My recollection from my childhood with dad is that he’d be away for very long periods of time, and there’d always be a period of adjustment when he came home, and then it’d get to normality and then he’d go again,” she said in the 2011 release of God Bless Ozzy Osbourne.

Osbourne was suffering from Parkinson’s disease and a spinal injury at the time of his death.

The rocker performed his final show this month with Black Sabbath at the Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham, England.