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Still standing ; Obstacles haven’t blocked Osmond sister from success
Byline: NICK ROGERS NICK ROGERS A&E EDITOR
If told in January that Marie Osmond eventually would dominate her docket on “Entertainment Tonight,” Mary Hart may have slapped you with the latest drunken Britney Spears videotape.
But during the 48-year-old singer’s tumultuous championship run on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” - network TV’s No. 1 show - her life has become the lead story for Hart on “ET.”
After a fifth-week samba, Osmond fainted. During week seven, her father, George, died at age 90. In week nine, she became the oldest woman to make it to the “Stars” finals, only to receive the lowest scores in finals history. Last week, she finished in third place for the show’s fifth season. (All this amid the revelation that her 16- year-old son had entered rehab.)
There’s also this other little thing Osmond is known for: a career that’s spanned 34 years. Osmond’s recent TV dancing might have propelled a Sangamon Auditorium sellout, but it’s her singing - namely a selection of Christmas tunes - that her fans will hear Tuesday night.
Osmond’s first single, “Paper Roses,” reached No. 1 on Billboard’s country chart in 1973. The next year, she recorded “I’m Leaving It All Up To You,” a duet with brother Donny and another country-chart hit. From 1976 to 1979, the siblings hosted a variety show on ABC. Songs such as “Meet Me In Montana,” “There’s No Stopping Your Heart” and “I Only Wanted You” became country chart- topping singles in the mid-1980s.
Osmond also is the co-founder of the Children’s Miracle Network, and has launched product lines for dolls and embroidery and sewing products.
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