UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of Alan OSMOND and OSMONDS; Alan Osmond (Photo by Gems/Redferns)

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Alan Osmond, the oldest brother of the hit-making Osmond Brothers singing group, has died.

The singer-songwriter died Monday night, according to ABC4 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was 76.

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Alan Osmond sang in the Osmond Brothers alongside his brothers Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny and Jimmy. Born on June 22, 1949, in Ogden, Utah, Alan Osmond was the third oldest of the eight Osmond siblings. In addition to the Osmond Brothers singers, the family included older brothers Virl and Tom Osmond, and their younger sister, Marie Osmond.

Alan Osmond and then the Osmond Brothers first found fame performing on The Andy Williams Show and his subsequent TV specials in the 1960s. In the early 1970s, the Osmond Brothers recorded a string of hits including “One Bad Apple,” “Yo-Yo,” “Down by the Lazy River,” “Hold Her Tight,” “Crazy Horses” and “Love Me for a Reason.”

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Alan Osmond was married to Suzanne Pinegar, and they had eight children together. According to ABC 4. Pinegar and his children were by his bedside at the time of his death, the station reported.

Alan Osmond’s cause of death was not given. Salt Lake City’s KSL-TV reported that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987.

In a tribute to his brother posted on Facebook early Tuesday, Merrill Osmond wrote, “Two days before my brother, Alan, passed, I was blessed to sit quietly with him. We talked as brothers do, heart to heart. He was struggling, but when I shared a joke or two, he found the strength to chuckle … and then he smiled.

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“In a tender moment I will never forget, he leaned close and whispered something into my ear. He said, ‘Merrill, you and I worked side by side. We created, we produced, we directed … we gave our hearts to The Plan with Wayne. Please… do something with it. Let people know what we were trying to say.’ I want you to know, his request will be honored.”