The Osmonds’ Alan Osmond dies aged 76 after multiple sclerosis diagnosis
Alan Osmond dies aged 76 (Picture: Alex Berliner/BEI/Shutterstock)
Alan Osmond, eldest of the Osmonds, has died aged 76, four decades after he was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Local station KSL reported his wife, Suzanne, and their eight sons had been at his bedside when he died.
He rose to fame on The Andy Williams Show, singing first as a barbershop quartet with brothers Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay.
Then, younger siblings Jimmy and Donny joined, launching the group to global stardom in the 1970s.
The group became known as the ‘one take Osmonds’, perfecting recordings and performances quickly to work within child labour laws.
‘We could only work so many hours a day,’ Osmond once recalled, ‘So we’d take the work home and make sure we nailed it on the first take.’
He began The Osmonds in the early 70s (Picture: David Dagley/Shutterstock)
They went on to be global super stars selling over 77million records (Picture: Anwar Hussein/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Although Donny later went solo, along with duets with his sister Marie, the Osmonds sold over 77million records worldwide.
In 1987, Osmond was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic autoimmune disease which impacts the central nervous system.
He first realised he was unwell while on stage, previously revealing he ‘couldn’t raise [his] right hand’.
Osmond famously took up the mantra: ‘I may have MS, but MS does not have me!’
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