Last week I attended Marie Osmond’s return to the stage after her son’s funeral. I noted that despite the professionalism of Osmond, the performance was clearly painful for her: “The show was not a banal staged triumph over grief; this was clearly a first step for her, and one she handled with incredible dignity.” And, [...]
Last night Marie Osmond returned to performing in the Donny & Marie show at Flamingo for the first time since her son’s tragic death. Still, this was for many tourists just a Tuesday in Vegas, and some entering the theater had no idea what an emotional night this was for Osmond. The evening was a [...]
There is nothing to write in the face of the grief Marie Osmond and her family must be feeling now. And, I have nothing but sorrow in my heart for her situation. It has been almost a year, exactly, since I interviewed Marie Osmond backstage at Flamingo. The two themes that hauntingly came through in [...]
