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Marie Osmond has had to face many personal obstacles in the public limelight. She has shared openly about her divorce, about her battle with post-partum, and she even continued to perform on “Dancing With the Stars” after her father’s death. Through it all, Marie Osmond has always been a picture of strength and composure, citing her Mormon faith as a help to get through hard times.
But now she is facing perhaps the biggest loss of her personal life, as her eighteen-year-old son Michael jumped from the eighth floor of his apartment building and committed suicide. Michael had entered rehab a few years ago for undisclosed reasons, but it seems from the information being reported by several media outlets that depression was at the heart of this desperate act.