of marie osmond son, michael blosil, leaps to death in la

Marie Osmond Son, Michael Blosil, Leaps to Death in LA: Michael Blosil, who was suffering from depression, plunged to his death from his Los Angeles apartment building.


Michael (pictured in the front when he was seven) with his mother Marie and brothers Stephen (left) and Brandon in 1999 [Photo via]

Marie Osmond’s adopted son, Michael Blosil, has plunged to his death from his Los Angeles apartment building in a suicide leap that ends a long struggled with depression.

Michael first went into rehab, at 16, in 2007, and last March, Marie told People magazine that he was coping with his illness.

E!Online reports

ET has learned that Marie Osmond's son Michael Blosil leapt to his death Friday night in Los Angeles. Contacted by phone this morning, Donny Osmond told us: "Please pray for my sister and her family."

Here are the details: Michael, who was 18 and is one of Marie's eight children, died after jumping from his downtown Los Angeles apartment at about 9 p.m. on Friday night. He left a note explaining he intended to commit suicide due to his life-long battle with severe depression that left him, he said, feeling as if he had no friends and could never fit in.

"My family and I are devastated and in deep shock by the tragic loss of our dear Michael and ask that everyone respect our privacy during this difficult time," Marie, who helped her son fight depression throughout his life, tells ET.

Donny and Marie's Las Vegas show has been cancelled tonight.

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