article_snippet: Marie was just 15 years old when Marie and brother Donny were offered she and her brother own TV show, but Osmond reveals the pressures placed on Osmond were immense. '
article_snippet: Lasting stars: Donny and Osmond talked to Closer Weekly for the 40th anniversary of Donny and Marie show .
article_snippet: There were other demands, too, placed on Osmond and Osmond brother Donny, who was 17 when their weekly variety show started in 1976.
article_snippet: Osmond and Donny, who have been selling out shows at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas since 2008, sat down with Closer to mark the 40th anniversary of being offered Marie and Donny, who have been selling out shows at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas since 2008 ABC show.
article_snippet: Mutual support: The pair have helped each other through the ups and downs of life after The Donny & Marie Show ended and Donny told Closer his sister has 'been through some horrific times' Marie, the only girl in a family with eight boys, found fame in the wake of his sister brothers' worldwide success.
article_snippet: Still performing: 40 years on, Donny and youngest brother Jimmy show is going strong and the Donny and Marie show continue to entertain the Donny and Marie
article_snippet: show legions of fans with the Donny and Marie show Las Vegas revue at the Flamingo Hotel that's been selling out since 2008 .
article_snippet: Marie, 55, and Donny, 57, continue to pursue solo careers and the Puppy Love singer and teen heartthrob  said that looking back, it's the good times that Her son Michael remembers, and not the bad .
article_snippet: Donny agrees that there is satisfaction in surviving and indeed thriving as the pair continue to entertain the pair many fans today. '
article_snippet: I look back at my life as all these peaks and valleys, and Donny & Marie happens to be a peak, Donny told Closer. '
highlights_snippet: Marie started working on Marie TV series at the age of 15 with brother Donny .
  