A grief stricken Marie Osmond collapsed after valiantly returning to the stage just one day after burying her 18-year-old son.
Choked with emotion, Marie struggled through her March 9 appearance at Las Vegas’ Flamingo hotel.
She wept between songs and told the audience: "The way Osmonds survive is we keep singing."
But within moments of leaving the stage, a distraught Marie fell victim to her overwhelming sorrow, say sources.
"Right after Marie got backstage, she shuddered and began to fall," a family insider told The ENQUIRER.
"Her knees buckled and she slumped into a chair."
Alarmed assistants ran to summon a physician.
"But Marie wouldn’t let them," said the insider. "She said, ‘No – I’m going to get through this. I owe it to Michael.’
"She collapsed because she was in the same place where she had learned of his death, backstage at the Flamingo."
And yesterday it was suddenly announced that the remainder of Marie’s shows with beloved brother Donny have now been canceled.
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