Marie Osmond’s 18-year-old son Michael Blosil has died, the entertainer said Saturday.

Osmond said in a statement through her publicist that her family is devastated by the “tragic loss.” She did not provide details on the death.

Entertainment Tonight reported on its Web site that Blosil jumped to his death Friday night from a downtown Los Angeles apartment building.

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Michael is one of Osmond’s five adopted children. She also has three other children from two marriages. She divorced Brian Blosil in 2007 after two decades of marriage. She and her first husband Stephen Craig divorced in 1985.

Rest In Peace, Michael.

I was shocked to learn today that Rep. John Linder (R-GA) will be retiring.

U.S. Rep. John Linder has announced he will retire from Congress after 18 years.

The Republican from Gwinnett County made the announcement Saturday at the dedication of a new Gwinnett County GOP headquarters. Linder aide Derick Corbett said that Linder would not be seeking re-election.

What a shame. One of the loudest voices in support of the Fair Tax is John Linder. Hopefully someone steps up to continue the good fight.

Vancouver police say “Growing Pains” actor Andrew Koenig has been found dead.

At a press conference in the downtown park where his body was found, police said foul play was not suspected, but would not release a cause of death because the coroner is still investigating.

The actor’s father, Walter Koenig, said his son “took his own life.” Walter Koenig played Pavel Chekov on the original “Star Trek” TV series.

Rest In Peace, Andrew.

Hawaii-based pilot Kermit Tyler thought the big blip on the radar screen on Dec. 7, 1941, was a fleet of U.S. B-17 bombers due in from the mainland, so he replied “don’t worry about it” when told of the approaching mass that turned out to be the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Tyler, who was ultimately cleared of wrongdoing, has died at age 96, content he did all he could that morning.

He was the Army Air Forces’ first lieutenant on temporary duty at Ft. Shafter’s radar information center in Hawaii when two privates reporting seeing an unusually sizable blip on their radar screen, indicating a large number of aircraft about 132 miles away and fast approaching.

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After Pearl Harbor, Tyler flew combat missions in the Pacific. He retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1961, launched a career in real estate, and was a landlord.

Tyler is survived by three children. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marian, and a son.

Rest In Peace, Kermit.

John Babcock, who joined the Canadian Army at 15 and ultimately became the symbol of an embattled generation as Canada’s last known veteran of World War I, died Thursday at his home in Spokane, Wash. He was 109.

His death was announced by the Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, who called him “the last living link” to a war “which in so many ways marked our coming of age as a nation.”

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His death leaves Frank Buckles, 109, of Charles Town, W.Va., as the last surviving American citizen to have served in an Allied military force during World War I. Mr. Buckles drove a United States Army ambulance in France.

Mr. Babcock is survived by his wife, Dorothy; his son, Jack, and his daughter, Sandra Strong, from his marriage to his first wife, Elsie, who died in 1976; his stepsons, Eric and Marc Farden; 16 grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren.

Rest In Peace, John.

Caroline McWilliams, an actress and director best known to television audiences for her work on the series “Benson” and “Soap,” has died. She was 64.

McWilliams died Feb. 11 at her home in Los Angeles from complications of multiple myeloma, her family said.

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In addition to her sister, McWilliams is survived by her son, Sean Douglas, and sisters Norma Liedtke and Patti McWilliams. She was divorced from actor Michael Keaton.

Rest In Peace, Caroline.

Sam D. Hamilton, who turned a Southern youth’s love of fish and waterfowl into a 30-year career with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, becoming the service’s director last year, died Saturday on a ski trip in Colorado. He was 54.

His death was confirmed by the coroner’s office in Frisco, Colo. According to a statement from the coroner, Mr. Hamilton was pronounced dead after being transported off a mountain at the Keystone ski area suffering from chest pains. “The circumstances are consistent with an underlying heart-related medical issue,” the statement said.

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Mr. Hamilton, a native of Mississippi, is survived by his wife, the former Becky Arthur of Lawrenceville, Ga.; their two sons, Sam Jr. and Clay; and a grandson, Davis.

Rest In Peace, Sam.

Menachem Porush, a well-known Israeli rabbi and longtime leader of one of the most influential ultra-Orthodox parties in Parliament, died Sunday. He was 93.

His death was announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who praised Rabbi Porush as one of Israel’s “most dedicated public servants.”

Rabbi Porush spent more than 30 years in Israel’s Parliament and twice served as deputy labor minister. He was known for his role in efforts to slow secularization in Israel, leading battles for legislation to enforce strict Jewish laws that prompted critics to accuse him of religious coercion.

He also founded several religious education centers for Orthodox children.

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Rabbi Porush, a widower, is survived by two sons, two daughters and more than 100 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

Rest In Peace, Menachem.