George Osmond, father of Donny and Marie Osmond and patriarch to the family’s singing group, The Osmond Brothers, died Tuesday. He was 90.

George Osmond also had 55 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren.

A World War II veteran, Osmond also served missions for the Mormon church in Hawaii and the United Kingdom. In his professional life, he worked in real estate, insurance sales and was once the postmaster for the city of Ogden. He gave up his work to manage the singing careers of his children.

Together, Osmond and his wife formed the Osmond Foundation, which later became the Children’s Miracle Network, a nonprofit organization that raises funds for children’s hospitals.

Donny Osmond said of his father, "He was the best man I’ve ever known."

Hollywood fathers and mothers (the Lohans) today have a million excuses as to why their children become drug addicted train wrecks, but not one of them look in the mirror and realize it’s mostly their fault. If George could do it, so can other parents. There was no media circus when George died, but he will be missed just the same.