She's a Little Bit Country, He's a Little Bit Rock n' Roll... Dad's a Little Bit Dead

Well, a few weeks after successfully scoring pity points with the Dancing with the Stars' judges by passing out, Marie Osmond probably will make it another week. Why? Well, her dad died.

George Osmond, father of the famous singing family The Osmond Brothers, has died. He was 90. Osmond died Tuesday morning at home, likely from natural causes related to his age as he had not been ill, family spokesman Kevin Sasaki told The Associated Press. Additional details and an official cause of death were not immediately available.
The death was first reported by "Entertainment Tonight's" Web site and was confirmed later by a spokeswoman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which Osmond was a member.

I'll say this: when you have a story reported by "ET" and confirmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you've really covered your bases.

[CNN]