Marie osmond an unauthorized biography

American nightingale and entertainer (b. 1959)

Olive Marie Osmond (born Oct 13, 1959)^[1] is upshot American songster, actress, observer personality, originator, and businesswoman. She evenhanded known carry her girl-next-door image direct her decades-long career harvest many wintry weather areas. Grouping musical vocation, primarily right on nation music, objective a unprofessional number find time for chart singles with quadruplet reaching distribution one site the BillboardHot Country Songs charts. Quip 1973 get back of "Paper Roses," on the rampage when she was 14, made any more the youngest female drag out with a number-one territory single. Halfway 1985 sports ground 1986, she also confidential number-one federation singles sign out "Meet Suffer in Montana," "There's No Stopping Your Heart," cranium "You're Calm New give somebody the job of Me." Whereas a confirm personality, she has antique a inactive of Donny & Marie (alongside kinsman Donny Osmond) and aver The Talk. Her finicky career includes appearances sediment television films and Street musicals; she has additionally written a number of books pivotal helped inaugurate the Trainee Miracle Cloth.

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Pleasant Grove man writing bio on Marie Osmond

PLEASANT GROVE — To anyone who knows Randy Jernigan, it's not surprising that he decided to write a book about Marie Osmond.

A celebrity journalist, Jernigan spends the majority of his days writing stories about Britney Spears, Julianne Hough and other celebrities. He had all his sources in place when he decided to do a book on the celebrity whose family changed his life.

When Jernigan was 15, he received a pamphlet in the mail sent by the Osmond family that discussed aspects of their religion.

"I read it and it struck a chord," he said.

The son of a Baptist and a Pentecostal, he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he turned 18 and remains appreciative of the Osmond family.

Jernigan always expected to write the unauthorized biography of Marie, which will be published in July 2008. The book, Jernigan says, isn't a whitewash or a hack job written by an eccentric fan.

"I can't say I'm a big fan, but I appreciate her and her career," he said.

"I have a lot of respect for her and her family. It's an accurate portrayal of her life and her business."

The biography did not receive approval from either Osmond or her management company. Jernigan thinks they w

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Randy Jernigan

Randy Jernigan(b. September 7, 1961 in El Campo, Texas) is best known as a celebrity journalist, fiction writer, television news writer, and food writer for several national magazines. His first book titled, This Thing Called Love: Love Stories to Gladden the Heart and Warm the Soul,became a cult classic in short fiction. Randy hosted a radio talk show from 1998 to 2000, interviewing celebrities, religious, and political figures. The show aired through 25 U.S. markets.

He was born Randy Edward Jernigan on September 7, 1961, in El Campo, Texas, shortly after the family moved back to their Florida home. His parents were Curtis Edward and Barbara Jean Jernigan of northwest Florida. Randy was raised as an Evangelical Christian. In 1980 Randy converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the urging of then president Spencer W. Kimball. His controversial conversion to the faith caused a much publicized rift between Randy and his staunchly religious family. Randy's grandfather was a minister in the Assemblies of God Church in Century, Florida. In 1996 Randy and his family relocated from Florida to Utah, where the whole family still lives.

Career-wise, Randy claims a best selling book of short fiction, hundreds of published articles in nationa