SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Olive Osmond, mother of Marie and Donny Osmond and other members of the performing family, died Sunday at 79.
A family spokesman said she died of complications from a massive stroke she suffered more than two years ago. Family members were at her side.
She was born in Idaho in 1925 and married George Osmond in 1944.
The couple had nine children, 55 grandchildren and 22 great grand children.
Patriotic tradition
The 78-year-old and his wife, LaRae, placed 322 flags donated by the American Legion on veterans' graves.
Promontory Point fire
Crews on Friday continued to battle a 4,000-acre fire on the west side of Promontory Point.
abused as a child graduates
In 1997, Amanda endured three months in the hospital after her mother’s boyfriend abused her. On graduation night, she was no different from any other teenager.
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