Michael Blosil, the 18-year-old son of Marie Osmond and her ex-husband, Brian Blosil, jumped to his death from the roof of his Los Angeles apartment building in February 2010. Blosil battled substance abuse and depression for much of his life -- he had his first stint in rehab at age 12, and first tried to commit suicide after his parents' divorce in 2007.
"I was going through a very public divorce, going through custody battles. My dad died, and my son went into rehab," Osmond told Oprah Winfrey in November 2010. "He couldn't deal with it. He promised he would never do anything like that again, and I believed him."
Osmond said that in the weeks leading up to his death, Blosil seemed happier than ever, but the night before his suicide, something was off.
"I had spoken to him the evening before, and it was concerning to me," Osmond said. "It was the first time I heard him cry and say he felt alone and that he had no friends."
Bloggers speculated that Blosil was gay, and a struggle with his sexuality may have contributed to his depression. Osmond told Winfrey that wasn't the case.
"My son was not gay," she said. "He wanted to be married and have a family and travel all over the world. And it wouldn't matter if he was. I have a daughter who is gay, and it was my daughter who was offended by it, like, 'What? All gay kids commit suicide?' She really wanted it cleared up."
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