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View all search results'Grease' star Olivia Newton-John dies aged 73
Newton-John "passed away peacefully at her ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends," said a statement from her husband John Easterling posted on her official social media accounts.
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British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John performs at the 58th Vina del Mar International Song Festival on February 23, 2017 in Vina del Mar, Chile. (AFP/Paul Plaza)
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inger Olivia Newton-John, who gained worldwide fame as high school sweetheart Sandy in the hit musical movie "Grease," died on Monday after a 30-year battle with cancer. She was 73.
Newton-John "passed away peacefully at her ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends," said a statement from her husband John Easterling posted on her official social media accounts.
The multiple Grammy-winning entertainer, whose career spanned more than five decades, including chart-topping songs such as "Physical," devoted much of her time in later years to charities after first being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992.
The British-born and Australian-raised star dedicated a number of albums and concerts to raise funds for research and early detection of the disease, including the construction of a health center named after her in her adopted home Melbourne.
"I don't like to say 'battled,'" a defiant Newton-John told Australia's Channel Seven TV in September 2018 after revealing she had been diagnosed with cancer for a third time.
"I like to say 'win over,' because 'battled' sets up this anger and inflammation that you don't want."
No cause of death was given in the family's statement.
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