Alongside siblings Donny and Marie, the musician was a 1970s teen idol with family hits like Crazy Horses
Alan Osmond, the eldest sibling of the Osmonds family band, has died aged 76. A spokesperson confirmed that he died at 8.30pm local time in Salt Lake City, Utah. His wife and eight children were by his side.
“My brother has now stepped into the presence of our Father in Heaven with honor and peace,” Merrill Osmond, his brother, wrote on Facebook. “He gave everything he had to the Lord, to his family, and to all of you … He truly was a saint.”
Born in Ogden, Utah in 1949, Alan Osmond began singing with his younger brothers Wayne, Merrill and Jay in a barbershop quartet when he was 11. After a move to Los Angeles and a stint performing at Disneyland, the group was invited to perform on the Andy Williams Show in a star-making moment for the family.
The group became regulars on the show and was soon joined by their younger siblings Donny, Marie and Jimmy. In their 1962 to 1967 run on the show, the band became known as the “one-take Osmonds” due to their slick professionalism.
