Wayne Osmond
Melvin Wayne Osmond known as Wayne Osmond (August 28, 1951 – January 1, 2025) was an American musician. He was the second-oldest of the original Osmond Brothers singers and the fourth-oldest of the nine Osmond children.
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Wayne Osmond
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Melvin Wayne Osmond
August 28, 1951 Ogden, Utah, U.S.
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| Died | January 1, 2025 (aged 73)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
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| Years active | 1962–2019 |
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Kathlyn White
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| Children | 5 |
The Osmonds
Starting in 1958, Wayne Osmond and three of his brothers (Alan, Merrill, and Jay in their respective age orders) began singing as a barbershop quartet. They were later discovered in 1961 by Jay Emerson Williams, the father of Andy Williams, at a performance at Disneyland which was being filmed for the Disneyland After Dark episode of Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. In 1962, the four Osmonds were cast over a seven-year period on NBC’s The Andy Williams Show, a musical variety program. Each of these four Osmond brothers were also cast in nine episodes of the 1963–1964 ABC Western series, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, with Wayne in the role of young Leviticus Kissel.
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In the band’s rock formation, Wayne played guitar and occasionally drums, among many other instruments, with Wayne recalling shortly before his death that he learned to play eight instruments during his time with the band. Wayne was found to have perfect pitch.
His last intended appearance with the Osmonds was October 13, 2018, although he made an additional appearance with his brothers a year later as a birthday present to their sister, Marie.
Personal life and Death
Wayne Osmond was born in Ogden, Utah, the fourth son out of nine children born to Olive May (née Davis; 1925–2004) and George Virl Osmond (1917–2007). Like the rest of his family, he was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
On December 13, 1974, Wayne married Kathlyn White from Bountiful, Utah, a former Miss Davis County Fair and Miss Utah of 1974. They had five children, three daughters and two sons. In the 1990s, Osmond moved to Branson, Missouri. In 1997, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, which was successfully treated, at the expense of his hearing; the treatment damaged his cochlea, leaving Osmond nearly deaf. A stroke in 2012 left him unable to play guitar. He held a pilot’s license, from which he earned the nickname “Wings,” and continued to fly aircraft until mobility issues prevented him from doing so near the end of his life.
Osmond suffered another, more serious stroke and died in a hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 1, 2025, at the age of 73, surrounded by his wife and children.
