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Marie Osmond Reacts To Brother Wayne’s Death: “A True, Loving Brother”


After he died on New Year's Day following a stroke, Wayne Osmond's sister Marie has shared a heartfelt tribute.

Breaking her nine-month social media hiatus, Marie Osmond paid tribute to her late older brother with a heartfelt statement Wednesday on Instagram, after Wayne died at age 73 on New Year’s Day in Utah after suffering a stroke. “I’m so grateful that just a few weeks ago, I was able to take a long drive to spend time with my brother Wayne,” she wrote in the post. Reflecting on Wayne’s “long and successful career as an entertainer, musician, and songwriter,” founding their family band The Osmonds, Marie continued, “But what stands out to me as his sister were the joy-filled, humorous times I spent laughing with him and our deep intellectual conversations that left me edified.

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