Olivia Newton-Johnbest known for her role as Sandy Olsson in fat Together with John Travolta, he died at the age of 73. This was announced by her husband John Easterling in Facebook.
“Olivia has been a symbol of hope and triumph for over 30 years as she shared her experience of battling breast cancer. Her process and experience with medicinal plants will be continued at the Olivia Newton-John Foundation dedicated to cancer and medicinal plant research. “, the statement explains.
Olivia Newton-John was born in September 1948 and grew up in Melbourne, Australia. In addition to her acting career, she has been a successful country, pop and soft rock singer. He has sold over 100 million albums and managed to place over 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 in 5 decades.
Probably his best known and most successful album physical, released in 1981, from which the song of the same name arose, which became a phenomenon in itself. It spent ten weeks on the top charts and generated controversy, being banned in some countries for obscene lyrics.
Olivia Newton-John was also one of the first artists in the world to make the decision to invest in making music videos for her songs. In 1982 he released a video album entitled Olivia Fitness. All videos were directed by Brian Grant. In an interview for Billboard predicted the future of the music industry: “I think this is how music will develop in the future. Visual effects accompanying the songs.
Olivia Newton-John in film and television
Her acting career has also been fruitful, but despite her success with fat, not very lucky in other feature films. His next two films were Xanadu D one for which, which both failed at the box office. He also appeared in several TV movies and several other productions in the 1990s and early 21st century.
Olivia Newton-John has also appeared in several series as herself, including Murphy Brown, Ned and Stacey D exultation. In addition, she played the role of Bitsie Mae Harling in 12 episodes of the series. Dirty lives on the Canadian channel Logo. It served as a prequel to the film of the same name released in 2000 where he was also part of the cast.
After being diagnosed with cancer in 1992, he was in remission for 25 years. In May 2017, he announced that he had a new tumor at the base of his spine. A year later, in 2018, Olivia Newton-John canceled a small tour just three weeks after it was announced due to complications from her illness.
John Travolta, his co-star fat dedicated a few emotional words to Olivia Newton-John from her Instagram account: “My dear Olivia, you have improved our lives so much. I will see you later on our paths and we will be together again. you and forever. Your Danny, your John.”
