More than 120 members of the Osmond family joined Oprah Winfrey in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday to tape a special tribute to clan patriarch George Osmond, who died on Tuesday. The 90-year-old was supposed to join his relatives for the TV special, but he'll now be buried in his native Utah when the show airs on Friday. Son Donny Osmond says, "The funeral will take place on Friday, the day that Oprah airs, which is very interesting as far as coincidence is concerned. I think there's a little divine intervention in the fact that everybody will be talking about my father (on the show)." Sister Marie Osmond adds, "To have something like Oprah right now is really special to our family because there's nothing they like more than their posterity, and to be able to see all of them together at one location is really special."...
- 11/8/2007
- WENN
Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond's father, George, has died. He was 90. Osmond Snr. passed away at his home in Utah on Tuesday morning, and lived a happy life right until the end. Family spokesman, Kevin Sasaki says, "I spoke to (youngest son) Jimmy Osmond and he said his father had a great day yesterday and was in good spirits." George Osmond married his wife Olive in 1944 and they went on to bear nine children - including sons Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay and Donny, who found fame as part of The Osmond Brothers. He is survived by his children; wife Olive died in 2004.
- 11/7/2007
- WENN
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