Olivia Newton-John

English-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73. She was one of the the biggest pop stars in the 1970's and early ...

"I couldn't do an American accent, and I was too old," she told the Today show in 2019. A regular on local radio and TV shows, she won a talent contest and ended up recording country-pop songs in the U.S. For "Let me Be There," she won her first Grammy award in 1973. The song made her uncomfortable, Newton-John told NPR in 2012. "Olivia has been a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer," it reads in part. Olivia Newton-John, one of the biggest pop stars in the 1970s and early 1980s, has died at the age of 73.

Multiple Grammy-winning entertainer Olivia Newton-John gained worldwide fame as high school sweetheart Sandy in the hit musical movie 'Grease'. (AP pic).

Singer Olivia Newton-John, who soared to the top of the world's pop music charts in the 1970s and 1980s with such tunes as "I Honestly Love You" and ...

"I'm grateful for 'Grease,'" she told the Detroit News in 2016. Its sex-infused lyrics ("there's nothing left to talk about unless it's horizontally, let's get physical") eroded her good-girl image and led some radio stations to ban it. She also was concerned about doing an American accent, so the part was rewritten to make Sandy an Australian. Twenty-five years earlier Newton-John had undergone a partial mastectomy, leading her to become an advocate for breast cancer research and other health issues and to establish a cancer treatment-research facility in Australia. In the end they reconcile as their roles reverse, with Danny cleaning up his act, and Sandy making a striking appearance in a tight, black leather outfit. We will see you down the road and we will all be together again.

Olivia Newton-John, the beloved actor and singer who famously starred in Grease, has died following several years-long battles with breast cancer.

In the early ‘90s, Newton-John was diagnosed with breast cancer and spent the last decades of her life advocating for breast cancer research and other humanitarian causes—while still performing and acting. In 1971 she released If Not For You, a hit covers album, but her second album failed to make as much of an impact (it wasn’t officially released in the U.S.), and she released a third called Let Me Be There in 1973. Olivia Newton-John, the beloved actor and singer who famously starred in Grease, has died following several years-long battles with breast cancer.

Pop star best known for her role in the film musical devoted her later life to activism in support of cancer research.

A brief career dip followed the album’s initial acclaim, before Newton-John represented the UK in the 1974 Eurovision song contest; her song, Long Live Love, finished equal fourth behind Abba’s winning Waterloo. Then followed a period of singing and recording country music, before she was cast in Grease. Born in Cambridge, England, in 1948, Newton-John and her family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, when she was six. The role was also altered to accommodate her Australian accent. We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. She also revealed she’d had a second cancer diagnosis in 2013 but had kept it quiet. The news was confirmed by her husband.