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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Donny Osmond Biography (1957-)
Full name, Donald Clark Osmond; born December 9, 1957, in Ogden, UT; son of George Virl and Olive May (maiden name, David) Osmond; brother of Alan, Wayne,Merrill and Jay Osmond ("The Osmond Brothers"), Jimmy Osmond (an actor and singer), and Marie Osmond (an actress and singer); married Debra Glenn, May 8,1978; children: Donald Clark, Jeremy James, Brandon Michael, Christopher Glen, Joshua Davis. Addresses: Contact: c/o Bill Waite, 1570 BrookhollowDr., Santa Ana, CA 92705-5428.; Publicist: Lewis Kay, Bragman/Nyman/Cafarelli, 9171 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, producer, singer
- Birth Details
- December 9, 1957
- Ogden, Utah, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Television Appearances
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Series
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The Andy Williams Show, NBC, 1963-1971
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The Jerry Lewis Show, NBC, 1967-1969
- Voice of Donny, The Osmonds (animated), ABC, 1972-1974
- Cohost, Donny and Marie (syndicated as The Best of Donny and Marie), ABC, 1976-1979
- Cohost, The Osmond Family Show, ABC, 1979
- Voice of Trendoid, Nilus the Sandman, 1994
- Cohost, Donny and Marie (also known as The Donny and Marie Hour), syndicated, 1998-2000
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Dale's All Stars, BBC1, 2000
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Making the Band, ABC, 2001
- Host, Pyramid, syndicated, 2002-
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Pilots
- Irving Foy, The Seven Little Foys (broadcast as an episode of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre), NBC, 1964
- Frank Isaacs, The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch, ABC, 1982
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Episodic
- "Lucy and Donny Osmond," Here's Lucy, CBS, 1972
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Beat-Club, 1972
- "Married Singles," The Love Boat, ABC, 1977
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The Brady Bunch, 1976
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The Barbara Walters Special, 1978
- Danny Fields, "The Kinfolk/Sis and the Slicker/Moonlight and Moonshine/Affair: Parts 1 & 2," The Love Boat, 1980
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Pink Lady, 1980
- "A Christmas Presence," The Love Boat, 1982
- Himself, "King Kube," Parker Lewis Can't Lose, 1990
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Late Show with David Letterman, 1994, 1997
- Himself, "Fire Drill," Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Network, 1995
- Guest, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996
- Guest, The Pat Bullard Show, syndicated, 1997
- Voice, "Johnny Bravo Meets Donny Osmond," Johnny Bravo (animated),Cartoon Network, 1997
- Voice, "As My Career Lay Dying," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1998
- Himself, "Supermarket Story," The King of Queens, CBS, 1998
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The Howard Stern Show, E! Entertainment Television, 1998
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Wheel of Fortune, syndicated, 1998
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MADtv, 1999
- "Return of the Owl," V.I.P., syndicated, 1999
- "The Mouth That Roared," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1999
- Gabe, "The Last Temptation of Chris," Daddio, NBC, 2000
- "Meet By-Product," The King of Queens, CBS, 2000
- "Video Gurl," Movie Stars, The WB, 2000
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Breakfast, BBC, 2001
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So Graham Norton, Channel 4, 2001
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Rove Live, Ten Network, 2001
- Contestant, "Celebrity Fear Factor," Fear Factor, NBC, 2001
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GMTV, 2001
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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, 2002
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JKX: The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, The WB, 2003
- Judge, Star Search, CBS, 2003
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The Kumars at No. 42, BBC, 2003
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The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2003
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Specials
- Cohost, The Osmond Brothers Show, CBS, 1971
- Cohost, The Osmonds Special, CBS, 1974
- Cohost, The Donny and Marie Osmond Show, ABC, 1975
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Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Christmas Party, NBC, 1975
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Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular, NBC, 1976
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A Tribute to "Mr. Television," Milton Berle, NBC, 1978
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General Electric's All-Star Anniversary, ABC, 1978
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Bob Hope Special: Happy Birthday, Bob!, NBC, 1978
- Cohost, The Donny and Marie Christmas Special, ABC, 1979
- Cohost, The Osmond Family Christmas Special, NBC, 1980
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Disneyland's 25th Anniversary, CBS, 1980
- Cohost, The Osmond Family Thanksgiving Special, NBC, 1981
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1984
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It's Garry Shandling's Show--25th Anniversary Special, Showtime, 1986
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Children's Miracle Network Telethon, syndicated, 1991
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Voices That Care, Fox, 1991
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Super Bowl Saturday Night, TNT, 1992
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American Bandstand's Teen Idols, NBC, 1994
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The Daily Show Holiday Spectacular, Comedy Central, 1996
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The 67th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, 1998
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Hollywood and Vinyl: Disney's 101 Greatest Musical Moments, VH1, 1998
- Singing voice of Captain Shang, Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's "Mulan," ABC, 1998
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Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade, 1998
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Andrew Lloyd Webber 50th Birthday Celebration, PBS, 1999
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The Great American History Quiz, The History Channel, 1999
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A Rosie Christmas, ABC, 1999
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The Four Freshman: 50 Years Fresh!, PBS, 1999
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The Osmonds: Pure and Simple, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
- Host, The 79th Annual Miss America Pageant, ABC, 1999
- Host, "PBS Showcase," Requiem, PBS, 2000
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My Romance: An Evening With Jim Brickman, PBS, 2000
- Interviewee, The Life and Times of the Osmonds, TNN, 2000
- Host and Joseph, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," GreatPerformances, PBS, 2000
- Interviewee, Intimate Portrait: Marie Osmond, Lifetime, 2000
- Host, The 80th Annual Miss America Pageant, ABC, 2000
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Celebrity Profile: Donny Osmond, E! Entertainment Television, 2000
- Interviewee, Joan Rivers: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001
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Donny Osmond: This Is the Moment, PBS, 2001
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A Capitol Fourth, PBS, 2001
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Heart-throbs of the 70s (documentary), 2001
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The Royal Variety Performance 2001, ITV, 2001
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The Way They Were: Rock & Pop Special, LWT, 2001
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An Audience with Donny Osmond, 2002
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We Are Family (documentary), BBC, 2003
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ABC's 50th Anniversary Bloopers Celebration, ABC, 2003
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Movies
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Inside the Osmonds (also known as The Osmonds), ABC, 2001
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Awards Presentations
- Presenter, The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 1976
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The American Music Awards, 1977
- Presenter, The 11th American Music Awards, 1984
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The 18th Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 1991
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The 21st Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 1994
- Presenter, The 26th Annual American Music Awards, 1999
- Presenter, The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, 1999
- Presenter, The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2003
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Television Work
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Series
- Creator, The Blue Jean Network, 1981
- Producer, Donny and Marie (also known as The Donny and Marie Hour), syndicated, 1998
- Consulting producer, Pyramid, syndicated, 2002
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Film Appearances
- Donny, Goin' Coconuts, 1978
- Singing voice of Captain Li Shang, Mulan (animated), Buena Vista,1998
- (In archive footage) Li Shang, Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Honor to Us All, The Walt Disney Company, 1999
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Breaking the Silence: The Making of `Hannibal', 2001
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Stage Appearances
- Title role, Little Johnny Jones, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1982
- Title role, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Elgin Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, 1992
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Major Tours
- Title role, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, U.S. cities, 1992-1996, then Canadian cities, beginning in 1997
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RECORDINGS
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Albums; with the Osmonds
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The Osmonds, 1971
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The Osmonds "Live", 1972
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The Plan, 1973
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Love Me for a Reason, 1974
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Brainstorm, 1976
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The Osmond Christmas Album, 1976
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The Osmonds--The Singles, 2002
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Solo Albums
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The Donny Osmond Album, 1971
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To You With Love, 1971
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Homemade, 1971
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Phase-III, 1971
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Portrait of Donny, 1972
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Crazy Horses, 1972
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Too Young, 1972
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My Best to You, 1972
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Alone Together, 1973
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Perfect, 1973
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A Time for Us, 1973
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Superstar, 1973
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Collector's Edition, 1974
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Japan, 1974
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Mexico, 1974
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Donny, 1974
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Donny & Marie, 1975
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Make the World Go Away, 1975
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I'm Still Gonna Need You, 1975
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Around the World, Live In Concert, 1975
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Just For You, 1975
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Disco Train, 1976
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Donald Clark Osmond, 1977
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A Winning Combination, 1977
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Greatest Hits, 1977
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America Fest, 1984
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Donny Osmond - UK, 1989
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Donny Osmond, 1989
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Eyes Don't Lie, 1990
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Greatest Hits, 1992
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (original Broadway cast recording), 1994
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Best of Donny Osmond, 1994
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Twenty Five Hits, 1995
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The Best of Donny Osmond--Excelsior, 1996
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Christmas at Home, Nightstar, 1997
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Four, 1997
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Mulan (soundtrack), 1998
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This Is the Moment, 2001
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The Best of Donny Osmond--the Millennium Collection, 2002
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Donny Osmond--The Singles, 2002
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Somewhere In Time, 2002
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Albums; with Donnie & Marie
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I'm Leaving It All Up to You, MGM, 1973
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Donnie & Marie--Featuring Songs from Their Television Show, Polydor, 1976
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Donnie & Marie--New Season, 1976
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Goin' Coconuts, 1978
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The Best of Donny and Marie--The Millennium Collection, 2002
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Videos
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration, 1998
- Joseph, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 1999
- Also appeared in the music video Voices That Care.
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WRITINGS
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Television Series
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Donny and Marie (also known as The Donny and Marie Hour), syndicated, 1998-2000
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Songs
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The Great Brain, 1978
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Other
- (With Patricia Romanowski) Life Is Just What You Make It: My Story SoFar (autobiography), Hyperion, 1999
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
- Daly, Marsha, Osmonds: A Family Biography, St. Martin's, 1983
- Dunn, Paul H., The Osmonds, Avon, 1977
Periodicals
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Billboard, December 20, 1997, p. 96
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Entertainment Weekly, October 2, 1998, pp. 38-40; May 22, 1998, p.80
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People Weekly, January 15, 1990, p. 82
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Time, July 5, 1999, p. 85
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TV Guide, September 26, 1998, pp. 34-38
Electronic
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Donny Osmond Official Site, http://www.donny.com, November 13, 2003
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