Wayne Osmond
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| Born | Melvin Wayne Osmond August 28, 1951 Ogden, Utah, U.S. |
Melvin Wayne Osmond (b. August 28, 1951) is the second oldest of the original Osmond Brothers singers. He began performing in 1962.
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[edit] History
Wayne Osmond has been performing since he was six years old and made his national television debut on the Andy Williams Show with brothers, Alan, Merrill, and Jay as a quartet. They appeared on the Andy Williams Show went on for seven years. Wayne, along with his vocals, plays a variety of instruments: the flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, banjo, piano, drums, guitar and bagpipe.[1]
Wayne Osmond with brothers Merrill and Alan wrote many of the Osmonds' hit songs in the 1970s.
[edit] Family
In 1974, Wayne married to Kathlyn White. Kathlyn is from Bountiful, Utah and Miss Davis County Fair (Davis County, Utah) and Miss Utah of 1974. Wayne and Kathlyn have five children, three girls and two boys. The Osmond's oldest daughter, Amy Osmond, was America's Junior Miss for 1994[2] and has also released a CD of Christmas music playing the violin.[3][4]
In the 1990s, Wayne moved to Branson, Missouri where he performs with his brothers at the Osmond Family Theater, Country Tonight, Moon River Theater, and Branson Variety Theater as well as touring with the Osmond brothers. Though the Osmond lineup changes from time to time, Wayne continues full-time.
In 1997, Wayne was diagnosed with a brain tumor which was successfully treated. Wayne remains an avid aviation enthusiast.
