Jimmy Osmond is recovering after a health scare during a live show landed him in the hospital.
The youngest of the Osmond siblings, 55, suffered a stroke on Thursday,BBC Newsreports, after playing Captain Hook in a pantomime performance ofPeter Panat the Birmingham Hippodrome theater in Birmingham, England.
“On the evening of Thursday 27 December, after pushing through the evening’s performance ofPeter Panat Birmingham Hippodrome, Jimmy Osmond was driven straight to hospitaland diagnosed with a stroke,” Osmond’s spokesperson said, according toBBC News.
“He is grateful for all the well wishes and will be taking time out in the new year,” added the spokesperson, explaining that Osmond was transported to the hospital after “pushing through” his appearance in the show.
A rep for Osmond did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Jimmy Osmond as Captain Hook inPeter Pan.Birmingham Hippodrome
“Everyone here at Birmingham Hippodrome has been deeply saddened to hear of Jimmy’s sudden illness,” Birmingham Hippodrome’s chief executive Fiona Allan said, according toBBC News.
“Jimmy loved being a part of the Hippodrome’s well-renowned panto, and his portrayal of Captain Hook was both dastardly and heartwarming,” she continued.
“He won the adoration not just of our audiences, but also of all our staff — we all send Jimmy and his family very best wishes for a speedy recovery,” Allan concluded.
The star’s sisterMarie Osmondposted on Twitter to ask fans tokeep her brother in their thoughts, writing, “Prayers for my brother Jimmy.”
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Osmond — who, aside from in film and television, has performed in a variety of musical-theater shows likeJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,Boogie NightsandAladdin— previously suffered a stroke in 2004, tellingParadethat it was “actually a transient ischemic attack that occurred due to a hole in my heart [a patent foramen ovale or PFO that doesn’t close as it should after birth].”
“A blood clot ‘popped’ in my head — not dueto high blood pressure orhigh cholesterol. I went on stage and felt that ‘pop’ and then lost my vision, although I could see a little ‘pin’ spot,” he explained. “I thought it was a migraine and amazingly, I drove home.”
Of how he modified his lifestyle following the experience, the father of four told the publication, “I want to be here for my amazing wife and kids — and my great life. At one point, it was difficult to get out of a chair, but I wanted to be out therekicking a soccer ball with them. I wanted to live.”
source: people.com
