Alan Osmond‘s youthful brother, Merrill Osmond, has revealed the late musician’s final phrases to him earlier than his loss of life on April 20, 2026, at age 76.
“Two days earlier than my brother, Alan, handed, I used to be blessed to sit down quietly with him. We talked as brothers do, coronary heart to coronary heart,” Merrill wrote on Fb on April 21. “He was struggling, however after I shared a joke or two, he discovered the energy to chuckle… after which he smiled.”
Merrill continued, “In a young second I’ll always remember, he leaned shut and whispered one thing into my ear. He stated, ‘Merrill, you and I labored aspect by aspect. We created, we produced, we directed… we gave our hearts to The Plan with Wayne. Please… do one thing with it. Let individuals know what we have been making an attempt to say.’ I need you to know, his request will probably be honored.”
“He needed me to let you know how a lot he liked you, and I consider that with all my coronary heart,” Merrill added. “He gave all the pieces he needed to the Lord, to his household, and to all of you. He really was a missionary. He really was a saint.”
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The Osmond household confirmed Alan’s loss of life to Utah’s KSL Information. When he died, his spouse of 51 years, Suzanne, and their eight sons — Michael, Nathan, Doug, David, Scott, Jon, Alex, and Tyler — have been by his bedside.
His explanation for loss of life has not been shared with the general public. Alan was recognized with a number of sclerosis (MS) in 1987, an incurable degenerative illness which he stated he first found whereas on stage.
“I’ve the progressive sort of MS that comes on very slowly and retains getting step by step worse,” he beforehand instructed Leisure Tonight (per Deseret Information). “I used to be enjoying the trumpet and I simply couldn’t finger it as rapidly and it bothered me. I believed I in all probability strained my hand or one thing.”
