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		</div><p>A brother of Jimmy Osmond has said the US singer is unlikely to return to the stage.</p>
<p>The youngest member of sibling group the Osmonds suffered a stroke in December during a pantomime performance of Peter Pan in Birmingham, where he was playing Captain Hook.</p>
<p>Merrill Osmond, the group’s former lead singer and bassist, told PA that a return to the stage for his brother was “off the cards”.</p>
<p>The 66-year-old said Jimmy – who hit number one in 1972 with solo record Long Haired Lover From Liverpool – would “hopefully” spend the next year with his family.</p>
<p>However, he said the illness was “a big enough disaster” that he doubted the 56-year-old would perform live again, adding: <em>“I think they are off the cards. I think they are off, brother.</em></p>
<p><em>“We used to be called the Osmond Brothers. Now it’s down to Brother Osmond.</em></p>
<p><em>“It’s gone. The amount of health issues along (the way), it’s taken everyone pretty well down, except for Donny, Marie and myself.</em></p>
<p><em>“The music is still there. The excitement is still. The definite interest is still there from a global standpoint.</em></p>
<p><em>“Until something happens to me I’m going to keep charging ahead, doing the things I love doing, and that’s music.”</em></p>
<p>The Osmonds’ string of hits, including Crazy Horses, propelled the US family group to worldwide stardom.</p>
<p>Merrill, the eldest of the Osmond men, said his brother was still refusing to see anyone but family at home in the US.</p>
<p>He said: <em>“He definitely needed space – and he still does. He doesn’t want to meet with anybody. He will meet with family.</em></p>
<p><em>“The rest of the time it is basically family, and all the space he needs to get better.</em></p>
<p><em>“I see him often. We are very close brothers. We’ve tried to stay around the details of it because he has asked us to not to get into details.</em></p>
<p><em>“But it’s a big enough disaster that he just needs to have his life and live it the way he wants.</em></p>
<p><em>“We are all trying to respect that – and do what we can do to help him while we can.”</em></p>
<p>Merrill Osmond plays in Leeds at the Queens Hotel on August 9 and the Royal Armouries on August 10, before returning to the UK in December for three more dates.</p>
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