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Article: George Osmond, entertainment-family patriarch, dead at 90
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- November 6, 2007
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George Osmond, the patriarch who launched the singing and
entertainment careers of the Osmond family 45 years ago during a
fortuitous trip to Disneyland, has died. He was 90.
Osmond, who had been in failing health, died Tuesday of
complications related to old age at his home in Provo, Utah, said
family spokesman Kevin Sasaki.
Less than a day before, his daughter, Marie, who is a contestant
on "Dancing With the Stars," dedicated her latest performance on the
ABC show to her parents. Her mother, Olive, died in 2004 at 79.
"He was a man of integrity, of honor. He was the best man I've
ever known," Marie told "Entertainment Tonight" on Tuesday before
boarding a plane for Utah with her brother ...