Osi Rhys Osmond

Osi Rhys Osmond (born Donald Malcolm Osmond; 28 June 1942 – 6 March 2015) was a Welsh painter and an occasional television and radio presenter.

Biography Osmond was born in Bristol Air raids during the Second World War caused his family to move back to Wales when he was an infant. He later adopted the name Rhys from his second wife, Hilary Rhys, great granddaughter of the musician John Thomas Rees.

In 2006, Osmond presented the Welsh-language television series, Byd o Liw, on S4C. He also presented features on BBC Radio 3. In March 2012, Osmond was profiled on BBC 2's The Culture Show. In June 2012 Osmond was co-presenter and mentor on the BBC Wales television series, The Exhibitionists, where participants compete to become art experts.

In April 2012 Osmond returned to the area of his youth to hold an exhibition of his paintings, in tribute to his family and the local community. He became a member of the Gorsedd at the National Eisteddfod in Swansea in 2006, and was made an honorary fellow of the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David in July 2013. He was a lecturer at Swansea Metropolitan University and a member of the Arts Council of Wales.

Death Osmond died on 6 March 2015, aged 71, of cancer in Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire. At the time of his death he was completing a final painting, with the process recorded in a documentary. The painting was due to go on display in 2017 in Cardiff's new Maggie's centre at the Velindre Cancer Centre.