Osmond was a founding member of a family act known for 1970s teen hits such as “One Bad Apple,' 'Yo-Yo' and “Down By the Lazy River.'
FILE - Wayne Osmond performs during a taping of the Osmonds 50th anniversary show at the Orlean's casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. NEW YORK — Wayne Osmond , a singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-selling family act The Osmonds , who were known for such 1970s teen hits as “One Bad Apple,” “Yo-Yo” and “Down By the Lazy River,” has died. He was 73.page that Wayne died this week at a Salt Lake City hospital after suffering a “massive stroke.
Their popularity grew in the 1960s after being supported by singer Andy Williams, and they peaked as a quintet in the early 1970s, with younger brother Donny Osmond the breakout star. “One Bad Apple” and other songs were often compared to the music of The Osmonds’ contemporaries, the Jackson 5, and Donny was positioned as the white counterpart to the Jacksons’ lead singer, Michael Jackson.
“I’ve had a wonderful life. And you know, being able to hear is not all that it’s cracked up to be, it really isn’t,” he told the Deseret News in 2018. “My favorite thing now is to take care of my yard. I turn my hearing aids off, deaf as a doorknob, tune everything out, it’s really joyful.”Other news outlets have retreated behind paywalls. At HuffPost, we believe journalism should be free for everyone.and log in while you read..
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