Dame Olivia Newton-John (73) handed away peacefully at her Ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by household and buddies
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Four-time Grammy winner singer-songwriter and actor Olivia Newton-John, who starred within the beloved film musical ‘Grease’, has handed away at the age of 73, after a battle with breast most cancers.
An announcement shared by her husband, John Easterling, on her official Instagram deal with confirmed the news of her demise. It learn, “Dame Olivia Newton-John (73) passed away peacefully at her Ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends. We ask that everyone please respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time.”
The assertion continued, “Olivia has been a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer. Her healing inspiration and pioneering experience with plant medicine continues with the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, dedicated to researching plant medicine and cancer.”
“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,” it concluded.
Though Newton-John’s reason for demise was not specified, she had been identified with breast most cancers that surfaced for the third time in 2017.
According to Fox News, the Australian singer was recognized simply as a lot for her high hits, together with ‘Physical’ and ‘You’re the One That I Want’, as she was for her starring alongside John Travolta within the basic movie, ‘Grease’.
Following her demise, Travolta was fast to weigh in with a tribute on social media. “My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so much better,” he wrote. The actor continued, “Your impact was incredible. I love you so much. We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. Yours from the moment I saw you and forever! Your Danny, your John!” Travolta’s spouse, Kelly Preston, misplaced her battle with most cancers in the summertime of 2020.
USA Today has reported, that born in Cambridge, England on September 26, 1948, Newton-John moved together with her household to Australia at age 5. There she grew up singing and turned a expertise present winner at 16, which despatched her again to England, following which she dropped out of highschool to pursue performing full-time.
As per the outlet, her first main success as a pop star got here in 1971 with the quilt of Bob Dylan’s ‘If Not For You’, which hit the No 25 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and catapulted Newton-John to worldwide stardom.
In 1973, ‘Let Me Be There’ bought the singer her first Grammy, for greatest feminine nation vocal efficiency. She collected two extra Grammys subsequent yr for time document of the yr and greatest put up vocal efficiency, feminine, each for ‘I Honestly Love You’.
In complete, Newton-John was nominated for 12 Grammys all through her profession, successful as soon as extra for video of the yr with “Physical” in 1982. Eight years earlier than her demise, Newton-John was honoured with the Medal of the Order of Australia, as per People journal.
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