In 1977, Newton-John was offered one of the lead roles as Sandy in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease. Still, she had garnered country hits and her own US television special by 1976.
She would go on to record as a country artist, a move some viewed as controversial being that she was British. 1 hit, “I Honestly Love You,” and her first two Grammy nominations. While she lost to Swedish pop legends ABBA, the album she subsequently released in 1974 led to her first No. Newton-John had another chance for a big break after being selected as the UK representative for the Eurovision song contest.
By the time she was an adult, Newton-John had won a televised talent contest and was living in the UK, working on music projects with various partners and groups. Throughout high school, Newton-John built a name for herself in the local music scene, enough so to make the rounds performing on Australian television. Newton-John spent the majority of her schooling in Melbourne, Australia, where her family moved when she was 5 years old. The youngest of three children, she was the granddaughter of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Max Born. Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England, in 1948 to parents Brinley and Irene Helene Newton-John. "We will see you down the road and we will all be together again." "My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so much better. Reacting on Instagram to the news of her death, Grease costar John Travolta said Newtown-John had impacted him deeply. "A lot of people see it as a fight, and wherever you choose to see it, that’s your prerogative," she said. Thirty years after her first breast cancer diagnosis in 1992, Newton-John still maintained an air of positivity when it came to dealing with cancer. In addition to being a veteran actor and musician, Newton-John spent the majority of the latter half of her career as an advocate for cancer patients and survivors. "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 has been a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer," her husband, John Easterling, wrote. Ī statement from her husband posted to her Instagram said she died peacefully Monday morning at her Southern California ranch. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, has died. I choose not to see it that way.Dynamic actor and musician Olivia Newton-John, famous for everything from playing Sandy in the film Grease to having five No. I don't like fighting wherever it is-whether it's outside or an actual war inside my body. "I choose not to see it as a fight either because I don't like war. "I don't think of myself as sick with cancer," she shared in an interview with The Guardian. And in 2020, she opened up about her outlook as someone living with cancer. In 2013, more than two decades after she went into remission, Olivia faced a recurrence of breast cancer, but decided to keep the information out of the public eye. "Because of the speculation, which happened at times," she shared during a March 2019 episode of Today. "I just decided I wanted to go through it myself."Īfter a second recurrence in 2017, during which Olivia was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, she decided to share parts of her journey with fans. Though she's been applauded for her acting and singing, Olivia was also an advocate for breast cancer research, beginning after she was first diagnosed in 1992.
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