On the morning of this Monday (08), Olivia Newton-John died, aged 73.
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The actress and singer was undergoing long cancer treatment. The death was confirmed by her husband, John Easterling, via social media.
Feeling of country-pop e soft-rock In the 1970s and 1980s, Newton-John sold more than 100 million albums and was on the charts almost 40 times Billboard Hot 100 during his five-decade musical career (The Hollywood Reporter*)
Her popularity, however, reached another level after she was chosen to play Rydell High's good girl Sandy Olsson opposite John Travolta in “Grease: In the times of brilliance”(1978) – Paramount's adaptation of the musical that debuted on Broadway in 1972.
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The iconic musical marked an era and is still celebrated today as one of the great classics of American cinema.
Through Instagram, his friend and on-screen love interest, actor John Travolta, mourned his death.
In addition to “Grease”, Olivia starred in “Xanadu” (1980), another landmark in musical cinema.
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The film was a critical failure, but the soundtrack produced a comeback hits for the singer. The following year, the album “Physical” would establish her as one of the greatest Popstars of her era, as well as being a pioneer of the music video format.
Born in England and raised in Melbourne, Newton-John was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992 and announced in May 2017 that after 25 years in remission, the disease had spread to her lower back. In addition to her husband, she leaves behind her daughter Chloe Lattanzi.
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- Grease star and “Physical” singer Olivia Newton-John dies at 73 (Omelets)
- Olivia Newton-John, singer-songwriter and star of Grease , dies at age 73 (Spindrift*)
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