Merrill Davis Osmond was born on April 30, 1953 in Ogden, Utah, where he grew up.
He was the fifth of the nine children of Olive May and George Virl Osmond.

Career
Four of the young Osmonds were cast over a seven-year period on The Andy Williams Show, a musical variety program.
They also appeared in nine episodes of the 1963/64 ABC western television series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, with Merrill in the role of young Deuteronomy Kissel.

He is best known for being the lead vocalist and bassist of the family music group The Osmonds and The Osmond Brothers.
A tenor/countertenor vocalist, Merrill was either lead singer or co-lead singer (usually sharing duties with younger brother Donny) on almost all of the Osmonds' songs and co-wrote, along with older brother Alan, many of them.
Every member of the group had their own color, Merrills  costums often had black features.
Merrill Osmond is also an established solo artist. He has toured throughout the world performing in many major venues.
With his brothers, Merrill has sung lead on 27 gold records. He has produced and written the music and lyrics for five number one hit records with brothers Alan and Wayne. It's Merrill' s incredible voice you can hear on such hits as One Bad Apple, Let Me In, Love Me For A Reason and Crazy Horses.

in the late 1970s, Merrill, along with his brothers, shifted to country music, recording a number of hits on the country charts in the 1980s; in 1987 he also had one hit independent of his fellow Osmonds, a duet with session singer Jessica Boucher (younger sister of Savannah and Sherry Boucher), "You're Here to Remember (I'm Here to Forget)".

Merrill is also an occasional actor.

Merrill was the Executive Producer of the Donny & Marie Show that aired on ABC-TV. He has also produced The Osmond Family Christmas Special, tv movie the Gift of Love and the tv series Mel & Susan Together. He also worked closely with the production of President Ronald Reagan's inauguration, then again in 1989 he was invited to produce the Inaugural Ball for President George H Bush.
Merrill is the Patron of The Hearing Fund UK, founded by his son, Justin. The Hearing Fund helps children living with hearing loss and helps raise deaf awareness globally.
Merrill produces the annual Gala every year.

Instruments
Merrill plays bass guitar, banjo, saxophone, slide trombone



Merrill announced his intent to retire from performing in 2022 and performed his last American show in April of that year,
with a UK tour to follow. Merrill' s final show took place at the Concorde Club, in Eastleigh, UK, on 19th October 2022.
 

Personal life
Merrill was the first of the performing Osmond siblings to marry. He wed Mary Carlson on September 17, 1973.
They have four sons, two daughters (Travis, Justin, Shane, Heather, Troy, Sheila) and 15 grandchildren.
Merrill' s second son, Justin, is deaf, as are Justin' 's uncles, Virl and Tom Osmond, Merrill's two oldest brothers. Justin Osmond works with several organizations and launched the Olive Osmond Perpetual Hearing Fund in 2010.
Merrill's youngest son, Troy, died in his sleep at age 33 on November 9, 2018 from an undiagnosed heart condition.

Like the rest of his family, Merrill is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A statement of faith on his Web site expresses support for the Book of Mormon and the prophecies of Joseph Smith, as well as the church' s compatibility with mainstream Christianity. In keeping with church tradition, all his sons have served as missionaries.

Merrill has achieved many awards during his career...
He has been twice knighted, once by the Order of Saint Michael of the Wing and once by the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem.
On May 5, 2017 he received an honorary doctorate in humanities from Dixie State University, now known as Utah Tech University.

He is also honorary Chairman for his work with The Utah Special Olympics.
Merrill was honoured to receive a Brick in the Wall by The Cavern Liverpool
Osmond has sporadically hosted the podcast Sound Advice with his son Justin since 2020, produced by KSL radio.

His hobbies include fishing and golf but he also loves photography and painting. A fun fact is that he loves to collect Mickey Mouse paraphernalia.

Merrill Osmond recently announced that he would serve the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His wife will be paired with him to serve as a missionary at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitors 'Center. In reaction, Their son Justin Osmond posted on Facebook that he is proud of their parents.



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