Osmonds Return To Stage After Death Of Marie's Son
03/10/2010 --
Marie Osmond told a Las Vegas Strip audience as she returned to the stage less than two weeks after her son's apparent suicide that she has relied on her spirituality to cope with his death
"Little did I know I would be relying on my faith, especially as much as I did this past week," Osmond said before dedicating a song to her 18-year-old son, Michael Bryan, whom she called "my angel."
Wrapped in a robe with white feathers that resembled an angel's wings, Osmond genuflected and reached out her right hand as she sang the song amid a starry backdrop.
"How she got through that I will never know," her brother Donny Osmond said after his sister's solo performance.
"I hope you all appreciate what she's going through tonight," he said. "She's a strong woman."
The Osmonds' teary return to the Flamingo Las Vegas on Tuesday night came one day after funeral services for Bryan in Provo, Utah.
Donny Osmond described his sister as strong for simply showing up.
"I just think that we need to give a big round of applause to my sister for even coming onstage tonight," Donny Osmond said after the siblings' opening number.
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