Funeral service held in Provo for Marie Osmond's son

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PROVO, Utah - Marie Osmond's 18-year-old son is being remembered by family and friends as a funny person, a gifted musician, athlete and a peacemaker who taught others the importance of giving. Services were held at noon Monday for Michael Bryan, the fourth of Osmond's eight children, at a chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Provo. Police said Bryan died Feb. 26 in an apparent suicide after jumping from the eighth floor of an apartment building in Los Angeles.

About 450 people attended the services, where LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson presided and gave the closing remarks. The funeral began with an invocation by Donny Osmond and family members followed by sharing their memories of Bryan. The service also included a hymn sung by Marie and Donny Osmond as well as five of their siblings.

"It's overwhelming how much Michael was a part of a lot of people's lives and how he brings people together, even now," said Bryan's uncle, Jimmy Osmond. "He was always a peacemaker. He was a wonderful boy."

In addition, Bryan's brother, Steven Craig, Marie Osmond's son from her first marriage, performed a song he wrote after his grandfather passed away two years ago.

"We used to sit down together and sing together and we used to write together and so it was a great experience and opportunity to express my love for him," Craig said.

Bryan was one of five children adopted by Osmond. He legally changed his last name from Blosil, the name of his adoptive father, to Bryan, according to records from Utah's 4th District Court.

Authorities are still waiting the results for autopsy and toxicology tests to determine the official cause of death and whether drugs or alcohol played a role.

Police also said he left a note in his apartment, but have not yet released the details of its contents. Bryan was a first-year apparel manufacturing student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.

Osmond said her son entered rehabiliation services in 2007, but did not say what he was being treated for.

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