Posted on 02/27/2010 1:45:00 PM PST by Steelfish
Marie Osmond’s Son Commits Suicide Entertainment Tonight reports teen battled severe depression
Marie Osmond's teenaged son, Michael Blosil, has killed himself by leaping to his death around 9 p.m. Friday in Los Angeles, reports Entertainment Tonight, which quotes Marie's brother, Donny Osmond, as saying, "Please pray for my sister and her family."
According to ET, Michael left a note explaining he intended to end his life after a lengthy battle with severe depression that left him, he said, feeling as if he had no friends and could never fit in.
In 2007, Michael, then 16, entered a rehab facility. His mother said at the time, “My son Michael is an amazing young man, shown through his courage in facing his issues. As his mother, I couldn’t be more proud of him.”
The reason for the visit to rehab was never disclosed. Michael is one of eight children Osmond has raised with ex-husband Brian Blosil.
By March 2009, Marie told PEOPLE that Michael seemed to be turning his life around. He was finishing up his last year of high school while living with his mom in Las Vegas, where she and Donny headline a show.
"I couldn't be more proud of him," Marie said at the time. "He's got a 3.9 GPA in high school. He's looking at scholarships to some wonderful colleges."
A rep for Donny and Marie Osmond confirmed to PEOPLE that the show at the Flamingo Hotel was canceled Saturday night. It is being determined how long the hiatus will remain in effect.
Marie Osmond, one of nine Utah-bred Osmond siblings, began performing with her brothers at age 3. She has been outspoken about the trials of her own life in the spotlight.
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It is not always drugs.
Frequently it is triggered by an imbalance of natural chemical reactions in the brain which leads to mental illness.
You hear and read about the shallow ones. Folks who happen to be ‘in movies’ and focus on the important things in life do not make many headlines.
Thanks, these are very important questions, and we should all have them in mind. Unfortunately, one of my friends was saying such things a few years ago, but we did not understand that it was something wrong until it was too late. Nowadays, I intervene at the first sign.
Just stuff I’ve been taught and have had the opportunity to help people with. When I was in 6th grade the brother of a good friend killed himself with a shotgun. The mom found him and pretty much lost her mind. Suicide tears families up.
I was at a funeral just last week of an absolutely beautiful 27 year old girl who lost the battle with depression.
I only knew her casually and would have never guessed that she was depressed or would have had anything to be depressed about. She had always impressed me as being bright, very friendly, and outgoing. She was well liked, a college grad with a good job and lots of friends. Only after speaking with some close relatives who did all they could to help her did I discover that she had battled depression for a number of years.
It is a tragedy.
I’m very sorry about the young woman who could not see her way through her current circumstances. There is not an adult on earth who hasn’t experienced at least a little depression. The hopelessness that tells one’s heart that nothing will change or that life is simply intolerable for whatever reason-—these are the lies that finally drive a person to act in desperation to set themselves free from the despair forever. How terribly sad.
We all have. It's part of living. Thanks God I, and most people, have never felt any depression that deep.
I am convinced that to drive an otherwise healthy person with every reason to live to the point of suicide, there has to be some sort of physical/chemical reason. It has to be far more than just the standard psychological down times that are just part of living for everyone. There is something else happening in those cases.
I pray that they can find an answer. Seeing a wonderful young person go like that is just so tragic.
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