Wayne Osmond, brother of Marie and Donny Osmond, died at 73

“I'm sure I speak for all of us brothers and sisters when I say that we were fortunate to have Wayne as a brother,” he continued, later adding, “I t 'love it, Wayne.”

Wayne's younger brother Merrill Osmond71, also shared his grief in a January 2 message to Facebooknoting that he will “be greatly missed.”

“I have never known such a humble man,” he wrote. “A man absolutely (sic) without any guile. An individual who was quick to forgive and had the ability to show unconditional love to everyone he met.

Another of Wayne's brothers, Jay Osmond69, called him a “true legend” while expressing how “deeply saddened” he is by the loss.