LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Marie Osmond remains in seclusion as she leans on her family for support following her son’s shocking death.
“They’re doing the best they can,” a family friend tells People of the Osmonds, who are mourning the loss of the entertainer’s 18-year-old son Michael Blosil, who committed suicide Friday night in Los Angeles. “They’re all together. She’s taking care of her family. They’re all trying to explain that certain [bad] things happen while they grieve at the same time. They’re trying to understand and make sense of it.”
Michael, one of the entertainer’s eight children, had long battled depression, but Osmond was confident her son had turned the corner.
“When she heard about the tragedy, she was a mess. She was in disbelief,” the insider told the mag.
Entertainment Tonight anchor Mary Hart, a close family friend, said she saw Blosil about a month ago and he seemed to be in “excellent spirits.”
“He had struggled,” Hart said on CBS’ The Early Show Monday. “He had been in and out of rehab. And, Marie, always looking for the silver lining, had always hoped for the best. … He was in excellent spirits. I’ve seen him throughout the years, but on this particular day, he and Marie were so excited about him attending the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in L.A. They were upbeat, and he was very happy, and seemed to be looking toward the future.”
Hart also echoed that Osmond “is finding solace in her faith and her family.”
“The Osmonds are a very close-knit family and, in times of loss or tragedy, they support each other and really band together as a family, and in love,” she said.
