COM Outlook Spring 2020

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | 47 Ozzy was the most surprising person I ever met. When I first met him, he asked, ‘Do you like my music?’ I’m not a good liar, so I said, ‘not really.’ He tried so hard to get me to like his music or the new material he was working on, so I would listen to what he was working on in his studio, half the time not being able to understand what he was saying. That was the best part, because he would call me out on it. It was so embar- rassing, but we would laugh.” —TREVI SAWALICH Throughout her career as a hearing-aid specialist, Sawalich treated and interacted with hundreds of famous actors, musicians, and writers from the enter- tainment world. When she was asked to name some of her most memorable celebrity friendships, two men rose to the top of her list: Stan Lee —cocreator of iconic comic book characters Iron Man, Thor, Spider-Man, and X-Men—and Ozzy Osbourne —reality TV star and former lead singer of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Stan was a client for many years, and we were very close. He was the first person I told I was pregnant with both my children, and he helped me name them. We would have lunch every month for about 10 years. For three years, our offices were next to each other. He was one of the kindest, funniest, and most caring people I have ever known. He would read comics that involved fire to my son Jake, who was into firefighters. He was always trying to show me how popular he was, because I didn’t know much about all his characters. He even invented a character for me, a Trevi Superhero, where I could give people bionic hearing and take care of all their problems.” —TREVI SAWALICH STAN LEE OZZY OSBOURNE TREVI’S CELEBRITY HALL OF FAME “ “