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Onstage, he once realized he could no longer lift his right hand; instead of surrendering, he called it his test and leaned harder on the belief that \u201cI may have MS, but MS does not have me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1861172\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In his final days, surrounded by Suzanne and their eight sons, Alan\u2019s life narrowed to what mattered most: love, legacy, and a quiet request to his brother Merrill to \u201cdo something\u201d with the message they\u2019d tried to share. His story now stands as both a tribute and a warning: to cherish health, to listen when the body first falters, and to keep faith when the lights finally dim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long before illness forced him from the spotlight, Alan Osmond was the quiet engine behind a family phenomenon. 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