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Wayne Osmond Dies: Co-Founder Of Hitmakers The Osmonds Was 73
Wayne Osmond, who co-founded the Osmonds, scored four Top 10 singles with the group and was a regular on the variety show 'Donny & Marie,' died January 1 at 73.
Born on August 28, 1951, in Ogden, Utah, Wayne Osmond began singing with his brothers Alan, Merrill and Jay in a barbershop quartet during the late 1950s. Joined by younger brothers Donny and Jimmy, The Osmonds signed to MGM Records in the early 1970s and stormed onto the charts with their first single. Rising the variety-show wave and led by teenage siblings Donny and Marie Osmond, the series debuted as a winter replacement on ABC and was a moderate hit in the three-network universe.
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