Late Grammy-winning singer and actor Olivia Newton-John might be given a particular send-off in her native nation Australia. According to Deadline, the State Premier of Victoria in Australia the place Olivia spent most of her childhood has confirmed that the star`s household had accepted his supply of a state funeral.
Deadline reported that Daniel Andrews revealed he had liaised with the household through Newton-John`s niece, the TV actor Tottie Goldsmith.
“I can update that I`ve spoken with Tottie Goldsmith this morning and she, on behalf of the family, have accepted my offer of a state service. This will be much more of a concert than a funeral, I think it will be a celebration of such a rich and generous life,” he mentioned.
“As I said the other day, Olivia Newton-John was a very special person and to take her cancer journey and to turn that into more research, better treatment, better care and this focus on wellness, is such an amazing legacy and that`s why I think we all feel the pain of her passing,” added Andrews.
The loss of life of the `Grease!` star on the age of 73 on Monday prompted an outpouring of grief from her co-stars together with John Travolta, and followers the world over, moved not simply by her music and movies, but additionally by her tireless efforts to elevate cash and consciousness for breast most cancers charities, following her personal analysis of the illness in the early Nineties.
Though Olivia`s reason for loss of life was not specified, she had been recognized with breast most cancers that surfaced for the third time in 2017.
Olivia is survived by her husband John Easterling; daughter Chloe Lattanzi; sister Sarah Newton-John; brother Toby Newton-John; nieces and nephews Tottie, Fiona and Brett Goldsmith; Emerson, Charlie, Zac, Jeremy, Randall, and Pierz Newton-John; Jude Newton-Stock, Layla Lee; Kira and Tasha Edelstein; and Brin and Valerie Hall.
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