Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman recently paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 76.
During an interview on Wednesday (July 23), Fetterman told reporters about Ozzy’s passing:
“ Oh, Goddamn. I mean, I’m a Black Sabbath guy… People don’t realize how their first album changed everything. Now, all of the giants in the business — Metallica and others — they all owe debt to [Black Sabbath]. I’m a big Metallica fan. And now he’s rode the crazy train to the next world. And, absolutely, he was a treasure. And I grew up on those kinds of music.”
A member of the Democratic party, Fetterman served as mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania from 2006 to 2019. Prior to that, he served in the AmeriCorps and earned an MPP from Harvard.
Born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1969, Fetterman has been advocating for LGBTQ rights, access to abortion and other progressive causes, but he has also expressed a desire to align with conservatives on issues like protecting the U.S. border and defending Israel.
Ozzy’s passing came a little more than two weeks after he took the stage for his final performance with Black Sabbath at Villa Park in the band’s original hometown of Birmingham, United Kingdom. They performed four songs for more than 40,000 people in the stadium and 5.8 million more on a livestream. Ozzy also played a five-song solo set while seated in a bat-adorned throne.
