Photo: Leslie Alexander & Wayne Moss (See Other Notable Musicians Deaths below) | By Rachel McGrath, The Independent | Alan Osmond has died at the age of 76, the famous family has said. Alan was the guitarist and oldest member of the popular The Osmonds family band, which found fame when the brothers were just children in the 1970s.
His death was first reported by local media in Utah, with a family spokesperson saying Alan died with his wife and their eight sons at his bedside in his home city of Orem, near Salt Lake City.
Alan was his parents George and Olive’s third-born child and his two older brothers, Virl and Tom, were born with severe hearing impairments.
He first performed on The Andy Williams Show when he was just 12 years old as part of a quartet with his younger brothers Wayne, Merrill and Jay.
Donny and Jimmy later joined the group and they fast became teen heartthrobs, releasing tracks including “One Bad Apple”, “Crazy Horses” and “Love Me For A Reason”, which was originally a track by US musician Johnny Bristol and later covered by Boyzone.
Their sister Marie also found fame as a solo artist and later formed a double act with Donny.
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OTHER NOTABLE MUSICIANS’ DEATHS
John Macy: We lost Wayne Moss today. Heartbreaking. I met Wayne a number of years ago when they privatized Quad Studios Nashville where I had done most of my projects over the years. I love historic studios, and searched out Wayne’s Cinderella Sound and it became my new home. Working there was such a pleasure and Wayne, Dee Moeller Moss and Robert Lucas were the best. When it came time to produce the Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness steel guitar Sweetheart of the Rodeo tribute, there was no better place to do it (the infamous Buddy Emmons Black album was cut there). So cool to have them at a show wearing our tshirts! All my best to Dee and Robert and the families.
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Photo: Leslie Alexander and Wayne Moss |
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Posting for my Veteran/singer/songwriter/musician friend Troy Hoss: Heavy on my heart so here goes: This is a very real problem … 22 Veterans a day surrender to their demons. #SuicideAwareness | Call Veteran’s Hotline: 988 #1 or 844-647-1354
Warning Signs of Suicide – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or if you want to discuss, call the old numbers at 800-273-TALK or 800-273-8255 for English and 888-628-9454 for Spanish. Learn the signs of someone who may be contemplating suicide.
From Care2 via Jock Bartley on Facebook: Trump shut down our LGBTQ+ suicide and mental health hotline, but CANADA opened a US toll-free number to theirs… so our citizens can get help anytime, at no cost: 1-877-330-6366
Kindness & empathy have no borders.
If you want to know more about any of the musicians we lost, please check them out at http://www.wikipedia.com
April 2026
23: James Valentine, 64, Australian radio and television presenter, assisted suicide.[1]
21: Moogie Canazio, 70, Brazilian recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer; Gregg Foreman, 53, American musician (The Delta 72).
20: Wayne Moss, 88, American session guitarist (Area Code 615, Barefoot Jerry) and songwriter; Alan Osmond, 76, American musician (The Osmonds) and songwriter (“Down by the Lazy River”, “Crazy Horses”); Kyriakos Sfetsas, 80, Greek composer; Sergei Stadler, 63, Russian violinist and conductor.
19: Dave Mason, 79, English Hall of Fame musician (Traffic) and songwriter (“Hole in My Shoe”, “Feelin’ Alright?”); Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, 88, German conductor, founder of the Tölzer Knabenchor.
17: Shiran Kaïdine, 44, French guitarist (Year of No Light, Monarch!), cancer.
16: Craig Krampf, 80, American session drummer, songwriter (“Oh Sherrie”) and producer; Oleg Maisenberg, 80, Ukrainian-born Austrian pianist; Don Schlitz, 73, American Hall of Fame songwriter (“The Gambler”, “Forever and Ever, Amen”, “When You Say Nothing at All”); Ernie Smith, 80, Jamaican reggae singer.
15: Osvaldas Balakauskas, 88, Lithuanian classical composer, diplomat, and academic (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre); Barbara Carr, 85, American blues singer; Lucha Moreno, 86, Mexican singer and actress (Asesinos, S.A., Quinceañera, Amor en silencio).
