As a Gen Xer, I am old enough to remember the Osmonds, watching them sing and dance on TV. I’ve always loved their music and have fond memories of the Donny and Marie show. I never had the Donny and Marie fashion dolls (like Barbie dolls) but some of my friends did.

Watching the Osmonds reminds me of my childhood and the tame, peaceful way the world was compared to now. Sure, we had Watergate and Vietnam in the 70s but that’s nothing compared to now! So I’m sad that Alan Osmond, the oldest brother of the performing group, recently passed away, due to complications of multiple sclerosis. Here is his funeral below and then some videos below showing fun memories of him and his family. He and his brothers were the original boy band.

Alan’s younger brother Donny conducted the funeral. I have always loved watching Donny just because he’s kind, talented and good-looking, same as his brothers. But Donny was the cutest, just sayin. Everybody loved him or they were jealous of him for those reasons. I was too young to have a crush on him but have always admired him. It’s funny though that I ended up marrying a man close to his age. My sister saw Donny once at ToysRUs in Orem 20 years ago so that made me envious. She said he was wearing a purple sweater. If you know anything about Donny that makes sense.

I could go on telling Donny stories, but this is about Alan. Here is a video of Alan’s sons practicing a song for their dad’s funeral. So sweet!

Some of these boys made up the Osmonds 2nd Generation. Here the they are in a Disney TV pilot.

It’s so wonderful that Alan and his wife Suzanne Pinegar Osmond created a family life of 8 sons who continued on with his legacy of music. 8 boys, wow! I just continue to marvel at that! They each speak at the funeral in the top video above.

This video below of Alan dancing and singing Stevie Wonder songs with his brothers and Cher is so fun and so 70s! Those colors and those pants, oh my!

Thank you Alan for your legacy of living a testimony of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, singing beautiful harmonies with your brothers, charitable fundraising with your Children’s Miracle Network, and offering wholesome, showstopping entertainment, including the annual Stadium of Fire in Provo UT. Here is Alan’s story and testimony of Jesus Christ below.

Want more of the Osmonds?

Go here for the story of Alan’s mother, Olive Osmond, giving a copy of the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ to the Queen of England. At the same post you can watch the funeral of Alan’s brother Wayne, just scroll down to the very bottom.

Go here and scroll down to the middle of the post for Donny talking about playing Joseph and the coat of many colors on Broadway. He also mentions, in the video below at the 45:28 mark, of the parallels between him and Joseph. That’s so fascinating.

Osmondmania, forever! RIP Brother Alan!