ASK MR. KNOW-IT-ALL Marie Osmond smiles as spokeswoman

Q. I have seen Marie Osmond on a regular basis hawking Nutrisystem weight-loss meals. She looks fantastic. How long has she been a Nutrisystem spokesperson? Has she had plastic surgery? How many times has she been married?

T.M., Florence, Ohio

A. Olive Marie Osmond was born Oct. 13, 1959. She has been married three times to two different men.

In 2013, she became a spokesperson for Nutrisystem, and the same year she joined Wise Foods, a line of emergency food storage solutions.

It has been rumored that she has undergone several plastic surgery procedures, but nothing has been confirmed.

Q. I watched an episode of an old Western in which Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) came to town. He was rude and downright miserable. It was later revealed that he had a son who died and he blamed himself for the young boy’s death. Is there any truth to the story line?

O.B.K., Portland, Maine

A. It’s true. Langdon Clemens was the first-born child and only son born to Sam and Olivia Clemens. He was born prematurely, on Nov. 7, 1870; he continued to be weak and sickly though out his short life.

In April of 1871, while riding with his father in a carriage, Langdon caught a cold which developed into diphtheria. He died June 2, 1872; he was only 19 months old. Samuel Clemens blamed himself for the child’s illness and rarely spoke of his son’s death.

Q. During the early 1970s I was a regular watcher of “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.” I always got a kick out of Arte Johnson and his “Verrry interesting” line. Was there a second part to this phrase? Is he still alive?

S.E.B., Shenandoah, Pennsylvania

A. “Laugh-In” ran for 140 episodes, from January 1968 until March 1973. Arthur Stanton Eric “Arte” Johnson was a regular on the show. He is best remembered being dressed as a smoking German soldier named Wolfgang who used the catchphrase “Verrry interesting,” sometimes followed by “but stupid” or “but not very funny.”

Johnson lives in Southern California with his wife, Gisela; the couple married in 1968.

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