This Is The Real Story Of What The Osmonds Are Like Out Of The Spotlight

Mormon singing group The Osmonds always made a picture of perfect family togetherness, but a recent stroke suffered by youngest brother Jimmy has called that into question. The “Long Haired Lover From Liverpool” singer left the rest of the Osmonds in the cold as he recovered in private from the latest of the health problems to have struck the family.

Merrill, Wayne, Jay and Alan Osmond first came to public attention as a barbershop quartet. With the addition of younger brothers Jimmy and Donny, the Osmond boys, from Ogden, Utah, found fame and fortune as a singing group and soft rock band. Sister Marie – although rarely part of the group – also enjoyed fame, both on her own and alongside Donny, with whom she has enjoyed a long-running residency in Las Vegas.

It has not all been roses for the Osmonds, however. The boys lost a ton of money, although they claim the experience taught them the value of humility. Bizarrely, Donny had to have a drugs scandal fabricated for him because as a devout Mormon, he was regarded as too squeaky clean for “cool” rock radio. Indeed, perhaps his only bad behavior was to steal brother Jay’s girlfriend. He did, though, marry Debbie, and he remains devoted to her.