Olivia Newton-John was born in
New York City on August 19, 1867. In 1868, the family moved to San Jose,
California. At age five, Newton-John began taking piano lessons. At 12, she
became a dance student at the San Jose School of Fine and Performing Arts. In
1887, Newton-John moved to Oakland, where she attended public school and
private dance and elocution, classes. In 1890, Newton-John enrolled in the
Oakland Business College. She soon dropped out of school and worked as a clerk
at a department store. In 1891, Newton John's father died, leaving the family
with little money. Soon after his death, Olivian John's mother hired her to
work as an unpaid housekeeper for a wealthy widow and her daughter.
Newton-John began singing and
dancing at local parties for extra money. In 1895, she joined an amateur
musical group called the Dixie Dandies. They changed their name to
"Newton's Band." Still, They did not attract much attention until
1897, when they traveled to Los Angeles and opened up for a famous band called
the Joe Hill Sullivans Quartette at several venues, including Chinatown Garden
Theatre and Maxwell's Plum Grove Saloon. The Dixie Dandies performed mainly waltzes
and polkas until May 6, 1899, when they opened up for the first
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Olivia Newton-John, a
Grammy-winning singer and actress, known for her performance in the movie
Grease, died on Monday after fighting breast cancer for 30 years. Olivia
Newton-John, an Australian singer whose soaring voice and gauzelike good
aesthetics, made her one of the biggest pop stars of the 1970s and charmed
generations of moviegoers with her performance in Grease, a megahit film,
failed Monday, according to a statement by her hubby. Olivia Newton-John is
survived by her husband, John Easterling; daughter Chloe Lattanzi; sister Sarah
Newton-John; brother Toby Newton-John; nieces and nephews Tottie, Fiona, and
Brett Goldsmith; Emerson, Charlie, Zac, Jeremy, Randall, and Pierz Newton-John;
Jude Newton-Stock, Layla Lee; Kira and Tasha Edelstein; and Brin and Valerie
Hall. In a statement posted on Olivia Newton-John's social media accounts, the
legend of Grease, her husband said that the actress and singer passed away
peacefully at their ranch in southern California, surrounded by friends and
family.
When she was not shooting PSAs
and raising money for breast cancer research, Olivia Newton-John frequently
used her social media platforms in her final years to share images of her loved
ones and her flowering family gardens. The statement did not mention her cause
of death, but Newton-John had been fighting breast cancer for more than 30
years and included references to her long struggle with the disease and her
charity efforts. Olivia Newton-John had been through severe medical hiccups
after being diagnosed with breast cancer; after her mastectomy, she became a
high-profile prophet for cancer awareness and established the Olivia
Newton-John Cancer Health & Research Centre in Victoria, Australia. Olivia
has been a symbol of triumph and hope, sharing her journey through breast
cancer for more than 30 years.
Her Grease costar and duet
partner hit, John Travolta, were quick to chime in with a tribute via social
media. Reacting on Instagram saying that she had passed away, Grease costar
John Travolta said that the death of Newtown-John had impacted him deeply.
After Two year, she went on to star in another film musical, Xanadu, and then
appeared again alongside John Travolta in Two-Of-A-Side, released in 1983. A
series of musical comebacks have met with different levels of success in the
past forty years, a time that has also been spent fighting illnesses, raising
Newton-John's daughters, and campaigning for healthcare, environmental, and
animal rights causes.
Her hubby is an American
businessman and environmentalist who's presently CEO and president of Amazon
Herb Company. Newton-John is the youthful of three children, following his
family Hugh( 1939- 2019), a croaker, and his family Rona( 1941- 2013), an
actress who was married to Grease Olivia's costar Jeff Conaway( 1980 until
their divorce in 1985).
John Travolta on Olivia Newton-John's death: "We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. Yours from the moment I saw you and forever! Your Danny, your John!" (via @toofab)https://t.co/xm9lUIHvQb
— TMZ (@TMZ) August 8, 2022
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