No Hand-Me-Downs
Marie Osmond has always recognized how fortunate she is to have amassed such money and realized the need of giving back. Osmond launched the Children’s Miracle Network in the early 1980s with John Schneider, an actor from The Dukes of Hazzard, to generate funds for children’s hospitals across America. Osmond also has plans for her money once she dies, and has publicly indicated that it would all be donated to charitable organizations. Her own offspring, she has stated, should not anticipate a postmortem handout and will need to forge their own paths in life.
Plenty to Give
So, how much money do charity stand to gain if Marie dies and her children do not? While she has had her ups and downs, Osmond has spent the majority of her life as a successful singer and television personality, which comes with financial rewards. Osmond has also written three best-selling books. According to Celebrity Net Worth, this comes up to a comfortable fortune of approximately $20 million. Not a bad windfall for the causes she decides to include in her will, and it will undoubtedly help do some wonderful things for many deserving individuals.