LOS ANGELES, California – Australian actress and singer Olivia Newton-John, who starred alongside John Travolta in the musical “Grease,” died Monday at the age of 73, her husband reported on social media.
“Dame Olivia Newton-John passed away very peacefully this morning at her home in Southern California, surrounded by her family and friends,” she wrote. the artist’s Instagram account her husband, John Easterling.
“Olivia has been a symbol of triumph and hope for more than 30 years, sharing her fight once morest breast cancer,” Easterling added in her statement.
Newton-John’s artistic career exploded following the success in 1978 of the film “Grease”, also known in Latin America as “Vaselina” and “Brillantina”. Set in the 1950s, Grease tells the love story of Sandy Olsson, played by Newton-John, and Danny Zuko, the young rebel played by Travolta.
Born in the United Kingdom on September 26, 1948, the artist grew up in Australia.
In addition to cinema, Newton-John had an extensive musical career that led her to win four Grammy Awards, first reaping success in Europe, where in 1974 she came in fourth position in the popular Eurovision Song Contest — that year the winners were the Swedish ABBA. — and then emigrated to the United States, where he topped the charts five times.
Perhaps his biggest hit as a solo singer is “Physical“, released in 1981 and spent 10 weeks at the top of the sales charts.
She is survived in addition to her husband by her daughter Chloe Lattanzi, her sister Sarah Newton-John, and her brother Toby Newton-John.
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