Donald Clark Donny Osmond is an American singer, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmonds. Osmond went solo in the early 1970s, covering such hits as Go Away Little Girl and Puppy Love.
Osmond was born in Ogden, Utah, the seventh son of Olive May Osmond and George Virl Osmond. He is the brother of Alan, Jay, Jimmy, Merrill, Wayne, Marie, Tom, and Virl Osmond. Alan, Jay, Merrill, Wayne, and Donny were members of the popular singing group The Osmonds . Osmond was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints in Utah along with his siblings. Osmond has traced some his family ancestry back to Merthyr Tydfil in Wales his journey was documented in a BBC Wales program, Donny Osmond Coming Home. On the BBCs The One Show, a plaque was unveiled in the town to commemorate the ancestors of Donny Osmond. In his youth, Osmond held a ham radio license, KA7EVD.
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