NEW YORK Singer, guitarist, and original member of the multimillion-selling family group The Osmonds, famed for classics including “One Bad Apple,” “Yo-Yo,” and “Down By the Lazy River” from the 1970s, Wayne Osmond passed away. He was seventy-three.
Wayne passed away this week at a hospital in Salt Lake City following a huge stroke, according to a Facebook post made by his brother Merrill Osmond.
Never in my life have I encountered a man with such humility. Merrill described the individual as having no guile at all. Someone who could offer unconditional love to everyone he ever met and was quick to forgive.
Donny Osmond, a pop artist and brother, honored his older sibling on Instagram. “My dear brother Wayne passed away peacefully last night from a stroke,” stated the letter. “I m so grateful that I had the opportunity to visit him in the hospital before he passed.”
Donny Osmond went on to say, “Wayne brought so much light, laughter, and love to everyone who knew him, especially me,” “He was the ultimate optimist and was loved by everyone.”
Wayne Osmond was the second oldest of the musical artists and the fourth oldest of nine children born into a Mormon family in Ogden, Utah. In the 1950s, Wayne, Alan, Merrill, and Jay started their career as a barbershop quartet.
Andy Williams helped them gain success in the 1960s, and in the early 1970s, they reached their pinnacle as a quintet, with Donny Osmond, their younger brother, being the breakout star. Donny was positioned as the white equivalent of Michael Jackson, the lead vocalist of the Jacksons, and his songs, like “One Bad Apple,” were frequently linked to the music of the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds.
By the middle of the 1970s, the Osmonds’ fame had diminished, despite the fact that Donny and Marie Osmond had both had prosperous solo and brother-sister performing careers.
Wayne Osmond reformed as a country act in the 1980s with Alan, Merrill, and Jay. They had a few singles, such as “I Think About Your Lovin.”
However, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor in the mid-1990s, and the surgery and treatment caused him to lose a significant portion of his hearing. He lost his ability to play the guitar due to a stroke in 2012.
My life has been amazing. Additionally, he told the Deseret News in 2018 that hearing isn’t as great as it seems. Currently, tending to my yard is my favorite activity. Deaf as a doorknob, I turn off my hearing aids and tune everything out. It’s incredibly happy.
In 1974, Wayne Osmond wed Kathlyn White. Five kids were born to them.
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