The Osmonds’ Alan Osmond dies aged 76 after multiple sclerosis diagnosis

Alan Osmond of The Osmonds has died aged 76 (Picture: Getty/ Metro)

Alan Osmond, eldest of the Osmonds, has died aged 76, four decades after he was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Local station KSL reported his wife, Suzanne, and their eight sons had been at his bedside when he died.

He rose to fame on The Andy Williams Show, singing first as a barbershop quartet with brothers Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay.

Then, younger siblings Jimmy and Donny joined, launching the group to global stardom in the 1970s.

The group became known as the ‘one take Osmonds’, perfecting recordings and performances quickly to work within child labour laws.

‘We could only work so many hours a day,’ Osmond once recalled, ‘So we’d take the work home and make sure we nailed it on the first take.’