Olivia Newton-Johnwho rose to worldwide fame for her portrayal of Sandy Olsson in grease Along with John Travolta, he has died at the age of 73. The announcement was made by her husband, John Easterling, in Facebook.
“Olivia was a symbol of hope and triumph during the more than 30 years that she has shared her experience with breast cancer. Her process and experience with medicinal plants will continue at the Olivia Newton-John Foundation, dedicated to cancer research and medicinal plants,” the statement explains.
Olivia Newton-John was born in September 1948 and grew up in Melbourne, Australia. In addition to her acting career, she was a successful country, pop, and soft-rock singer. She went on to sell more than 100 million albums and managed to position more than 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 over 5 decades.
Probably his best known and most successful album is physical, launched in 1981 from which the song of the same name emerges, which was a phenomenon in itself. It spent ten weeks on the top charts, and had its fair share of controversy, being banned in certain countries for its suggestive lyrics.
Olivia Newton-John was also one of the first artists in the world who made the decision to invest resources in recording videos for her songs. She released, in 1982, the video album called Olivia Fitness. All clips were directed by Brian Grant. In an interview for Billboard predicted the future of the music industry: “I think this is the way music will take in the future. Visuals accompanying the songs.”
Olivia Newton-John in film and TV
Her acting career was also prolific, but despite her success with grease, did not have much luck in other feature films. Her next two films were Xanadu Y such for which, which in both cases were a box office failure. He also appeared in a few TV movies and a few other productions throughout the 1990s and early 21st century.
Olivia Newton-John also participated in some of the TV series acting as herself, including Murphy Brown, Ned and Stacy Y glee. Additionally, she played the character of Bitsy Mae Harling in 12 episodes of the series. Sordid Lives on the Canadian channel Logo. This worked as a prequel to the movie of the same name released in 2000, where she was also part of the cast.
Following his cancer diagnosis in 1992, he was in remission for 25 years. In May 2017, he announced that a new tumor had been detected at the base of his spine. A year later, in 2018, Olivia Newton-John canceled a small tour of hers just three weeks after announcing it due to complications with the disease.
John Travolta, his co-star in grease has dedicated some emotional words to Olivia Newton-John from her account Instagram: “My dear Olivia, you made our lives so much better. I will see you further down our paths and we will be together again. Yours, from the first moment I saw you, and forever. Your Danny, your John.”