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British-born Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John passed away on the 8th (local time) at the age of 73.
Her husband, John Yi Sterling, wrote on Newton John's Facebook that day, "Olivia fell asleep forever this morning on her ranch in Southern California, watched by her family and friends."
She continued, "She earnestly asks everyone to respect the privacy of her family during these very difficult times." It was a symbol of the
Newton John said she had been battling the disease for decades since she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992.
In the fall of 2018, she even revealed that she was battling her third spine cancer.
She was born in England, John Newton, and she rose to stardom in 1978 with her musical film 'Grease', which she shot with John Travolta.
Greece is a work that deals with the love, dreams, and passion of American high school students in the 1950s.
Newton John transformed her existing innocent image of her, paving the way for her to become a world-famous youth star.
Since then, she has been referred to as 'everyone's lover' and her popularity has grown.
Prior to her musical 'Grease', she also had great success as a pop singer.
Following her parents to Australia as a child, she moved to the United States and made her first hit with Bob Dylan's song 'If Not For You' in 1971.
She has since enjoyed her golden years in the 1970s and 80s with her signature songs such as 'Let Me Be There', 'I Honestly Love You' and 'Physical'.
In particular, she won four Grammy Awards, starting with 'I Honestly Love You', released in 1974, and 'Physical', released in 1981, topped her Billboard charts for ten weeks in a row.
Newton John raised her funds in 2008 to establish the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Center (ONJ Cancer Center) in Melbourne, Australia, where she grew up as a child, supporting her cancer research and patient support.
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