Posted: 20:25, August 8, 2022 | Updated: 20:54, August 8, 2022
Advertising Olivia Newton-John has died aged 73 after a long battle with breast cancer. The actress died peacefully at her home in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Her husband John Easterling announced her death on her Facebook page. “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 respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time. “Olivia has been a symbol of triumph and hope for over 30 years as she shares her journey with breast cancer. Olivia Newton-John with her husband, John Easterling, who announced her death on Monday. She appears, rightly, in her most iconic role in 1978’s Grease Newton-John’s husband announced her death on her Facebook page on Monday. It was 73 “Her healing inspiration and pioneering experience with herbal medicine continues with the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, dedicated to herbal medicine and cancer research,” he said. Newton-John’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi posted this tribute to her days ago The family has requested that donations be made to her cancer organization, the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, in lieu of flowers. She is survived by her 36-year-old daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, and her siblings. He did not confirm the cause of her death. Khloe posted a loving tribute to her mother on Instagram three days ago. “I love this woman. My mother. My best friend,” she said. The actress beat breast cancer twice, but was diagnosed again in 2017. In a haunting interview with The Guardian in 2020, he said of the disease: “It was part of my life for so long. I felt something was wrong. It’s worrying when it’s going to come back, but I thought ‘I’ll go through it again’.” Born in England to an MI5 agent father, Newton-John and her family moved to Melbourne, Australia, when she was six. She returned to the UK as a teenager to pursue a singing career and starred in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. Her big break in Grease came four years later. She famously resisted the role, initially turning producer Alan Carr down because he thought she was too old for the part. When the film was released, it became an instant international hit. Newton-John was 28 when she gave her iconic performance as Sandy in Grease Newton-John has defended her transition from cute to sexy for years to come amid a wave of criticism from the #MeToo movement. “It’s a movie. It’s a story from the 50s where things were different. Everyone forgets that in the end it changes for her too. There is nothing profound there about the #MeToo movement. She’s just a girl who loves a guy and thinks that if she does this, he’ll like her. “And she thinks if she does that, she’ll like it. I think that’s pretty true. People do this for each other. It was a fun love story.’ Newton-John and Easterling married in 2008. She was married to her first husband, Michael Lattanzi, from 1984 to 1995.
