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2010-02-28 21:07:45 UTC
Marie Osmond Son, Michael Blosil, Leaps to Death in LA
By TheImproper, February 27th, 2010
Marie Osmond’s adopted son, Michael Blosil, has plunged to his death
from his Los Angeles apartment building in a suicide leap that ends a
long struggled with depression.
Michael first went into rehab, at 16, in 2007, and last March, Marie
told People magazine that he was coping with his illness.
“Those kinds of things are really very hard for a teenager to deal
with,” she told the magazine. “And if he ever wants to talk about it …
he will, but it has to be their choice. It’s not my choice.”
In 1999, Marie revealed that she had suffered from severe postpartum
depression. Three years ago, tabloids reported that she had attempted
suicide herself, but her reps heatedly denied the reports.
Michael’s death was first reported by Entertainment Tonight, which has
had a relationship with Osmond.
“Osmond family members have notified ET that Marie Osmond’s son
Michael Blosil leapt to his death Friday night in Los Angeles,” the
entertainment Web site reported.
Contacted by phone this morning, Donny Osmond told ET: “Please pray
for my sister and her family,” the site reported.
Blosil left a note explaining his plan to commit suicide because of
his severe depression. He said he felt as if he had no friends and
could never fit in.
He jumped from his downtown Los Angeles apartment at about 9 p.m. on
Friday night.
Marie and brother Donnie, who are both said to be devastated by the
news, canceled their Las Vegas tonight.
Marie Osmond, who is Mormon, has been married and divorced twice and
has eight children from the two marriages.
Her first husband Stephen Craig, was a Brigham Young University
basketball player. They wed in 1982 and had one child, Stephen James
Craig who was born in 1983. They divorced soon after in the mid-80s.
Her second husband, Brian Blosil, is also Mormon, and they married in
1986. Osmond had two more children with him andadopted five other
children: Jessica Marie in 1987, Michael Brian in 1991, Brandon Warren
in 1997, Brianna Patricia in 1998, and Abigail Michelle in 2002.
Osmond and Blosil divorced in 2007, surprising many who thought they
had a stable marriage.
Last April, after dealing with Michael’s depression, Marie disclosed
that her second oldest daughter, Jessica, is a lesbian, which is
scorned by the Mormon church. Marie, however, said she supports her
daughter.
http://www.truthandgrace.com/mormondepression.htm
By TheImproper, February 27th, 2010
Marie Osmond’s adopted son, Michael Blosil, has plunged to his death
from his Los Angeles apartment building in a suicide leap that ends a
long struggled with depression.
Michael first went into rehab, at 16, in 2007, and last March, Marie
told People magazine that he was coping with his illness.
“Those kinds of things are really very hard for a teenager to deal
with,” she told the magazine. “And if he ever wants to talk about it …
he will, but it has to be their choice. It’s not my choice.”
In 1999, Marie revealed that she had suffered from severe postpartum
depression. Three years ago, tabloids reported that she had attempted
suicide herself, but her reps heatedly denied the reports.
Michael’s death was first reported by Entertainment Tonight, which has
had a relationship with Osmond.
“Osmond family members have notified ET that Marie Osmond’s son
Michael Blosil leapt to his death Friday night in Los Angeles,” the
entertainment Web site reported.
Contacted by phone this morning, Donny Osmond told ET: “Please pray
for my sister and her family,” the site reported.
Blosil left a note explaining his plan to commit suicide because of
his severe depression. He said he felt as if he had no friends and
could never fit in.
He jumped from his downtown Los Angeles apartment at about 9 p.m. on
Friday night.
Marie and brother Donnie, who are both said to be devastated by the
news, canceled their Las Vegas tonight.
Marie Osmond, who is Mormon, has been married and divorced twice and
has eight children from the two marriages.
Her first husband Stephen Craig, was a Brigham Young University
basketball player. They wed in 1982 and had one child, Stephen James
Craig who was born in 1983. They divorced soon after in the mid-80s.
Her second husband, Brian Blosil, is also Mormon, and they married in
1986. Osmond had two more children with him andadopted five other
children: Jessica Marie in 1987, Michael Brian in 1991, Brandon Warren
in 1997, Brianna Patricia in 1998, and Abigail Michelle in 2002.
Osmond and Blosil divorced in 2007, surprising many who thought they
had a stable marriage.
Last April, after dealing with Michael’s depression, Marie disclosed
that her second oldest daughter, Jessica, is a lesbian, which is
scorned by the Mormon church. Marie, however, said she supports her
daughter.
http://www.truthandgrace.com/mormondepression.htm