Osmond Family

Jan 2024, Harvey Brownstone writes:

"Marie Osmond, is a superstar who’s been dazzling audiences since she was 3 years old, as the only daughter in the legendary Osmond family.

At the age of 12, she recorded her first solo album “Paper Roses”, making her the youngest female to reach the #1 spot on TWO Billboard charts. She was also the youngest female to co-host a television show, “Donny & Marie”, with her brother, Donny Osmond, which is one of the most popular and beloved TV variety shows of all time. She’s a multiple gold and platinum selling recording artist, with 12 solo albums and numerous Billboard chart-topping singles including “Paper Roses”, “In My Own Little Corner of the World”, “Who’s Sorry Now”, “There’s No Stopping Your Heart”, “Read My Lips”, and her iconic duets, not only with Donny, but “You’re Still New to Me” and “Sweet Life” with Paul Davis, “It Wasn’t Love Before” with Lee Greenwood, “The Way You Do the Things You Do” with Tom Jones, and, of course, “Meet me in Montana” with Dan Seals, which won the 1986 CMA Award for Duo of the Year.

[She] has hosted numerous TV talk shows, she’s had her own radio show, she’s starred on Broadway in “The King and I”, and did national tours of “The King and I” and “The Sound of Music”, she’s written THREE New York Times Bestselling books, she’s starred in THREE Lifetime movies, she ran her own company for 25 years designing and sculpting the most beautiful dolls in the world, and her long running show with her brother Donny in Las Vegas won the award for the #1 Best Show for THREE years in a row.

[She] is also a renowned philanthropist. She co-founded the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, raising over 9 billion dollars and helping over 12 million children in local hospitals every year.

In 2018 she received “The Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service”. She’s currently on a North American concert tour playing to sold-out audiences and getting rave reviews.

And her latest album, entitled, “Unexpected”, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Classical Crossover chart, and has re-entered Billboard’s Top Ten a staggering 29 times."
 
Mother Osmond playing the saxophone

"The late Mrs. Olive Davis Osmond plays her saxaphone during one of the Christmas shows at the Osmond Family Theater in Branson Missouri."

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Nooooooooooooo!

Just No! 😭

Wayne. Played the guitar riff on Crazy Horses. Cooler than cool.

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"A family statement read: "His legacy of faith, music, love, and laughter have influenced the lives of many people around the world. He would want everyone to know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true, that families are forever, and that banana splits are the best dessert. We love him and will miss him dearly."

Wayne's daughter Amy Cook took to Facebook to announce her father's death, calling him a "beloved husband and father".

She confirmed he "passed away peacefully last night surrounded by his loving wife and five children".

The 73-year-old's brother and fellow performer, Jay Osmond, took to Facebook to similarly share the news of the family's loss.

"A true legend has left the Earth," he wrote in an emotional post. "My heart is deeply saddened for the loss of my brother Wayne."

"It is said that where there is great love there is great grief as we part during our earthly journey. Throughout my life I have always felt most connected to Wayne out of all of my siblings," he added.

"He was my roommate and my confidant over the decades. What gives me joy is to know that my brother 'Wings' has earned his wings and I can only imagine the heights he is soaring right now."

"The reunion he must've had with Father and Mother I'm sure was spectacular!" Jay signed off the post.

Wayne was the second-oldest of the original Osmond Brothers singers and the fourth oldest of the nine Osmond children. He, alongside Alan, Merrill and Jay, began singing in a barbershop quartet in 1958; the brothers would then be discovered in 1961 before skyrocketing to success.

Found to have perfect pitch, Wayne played guitar in the band and showed a clear talent for music that ran in the family.

He married Kathlyn White in 1974, and they had five children — three daughters and two sons. In 2012, he had a stroke which left him unable to play guitar, although he last appeared with the Osmonds in 2018, and would go on to perform a year later with his brothers as a birthday present to their sister Marie ..."


 
The Osmond Brothers singing barbershop with Andy Williams. 🩷

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The Times obituary, Saturday 4 Jan 2025

"If Wayne was not the best known of the brothers, he was arguably the most musically talented ... it was Wayne who had perfect pitch, who arranged the harmonies, sang in a smooth baritone and played eight instruments, including saxophone and lead guitar. He also pushed The Osmonds to venture beyond the limited scope of their early bubblegum hits and to expand their appeal beyond the group's core audience of teenyboppers.

'My brothers and I had been what's now called a boy band and all our songs were chosen for us by the record company', Merrill Osmond recalled. 'But having been successful, we wanted to freak out and make our own music. We were rehearsing in a basement one day when Wayne started playing this heavy rock riff ...' The riff became 'Crazy Horses' and with its ecological lyric - the title was a reference to gas-guzzling cars - it topped the charts around the world in 1972 ... Ozzy Osbourne told Donny it was one of his favourite rock 'n' roll songs."
 
From The Jacksons:

 
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@donnyosmond

"It's been a very reminiscent and contemplative weekend for me and everyone in the Osmond family after saying goodbye to my dear brother Wayne. Even though I know with certainty that I will see him again, there's a vacancy in my heart that hurts. I came across these pictures today and thought they would be perfect together. Pictures say thousands of words, and these say it all. Throughout my life, Wayne was always by my side and always there to back me up.
I love you, Wayne.
'Till we meet again,
Your brother,
Donny"



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