Alan Osmond obituary (opens in new tab)

Oldest member of the family pop group that had Top 10 hits in the US and UK in the early 1970sFor the first half of the 1970s, the Osmonds enjoyed the kind of pop-idol adulation enjoyed by the Beatles or the Jackson 5. Raised in a devout Mormon household, the Osmond siblings combined a formidable collective work ethic with an extraordinary amount of natural talent. Alan Osmond, who has died aged 76 after suffering from multiple sclerosis since the late 80s, made crucial contributions to the g...