![]() Olivia Newton-John (right) seen with Stockard Channing, shot to stardom with the release of the film ‘Grease’ (File: AP Photo/Nick Ut) Newton-John is best known for starring in the 1978 musical “Grease” alongside John Travolta as the girl-next-door Sandy, who trades her ankle-length skirt and prim and proper hair for skin-tight black pants and a perm. ![]() “I like to say ‘win over’, because ‘battled’ sets up this anger and inflammation that you don’t want.” “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 the third time. 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 centre named after her in her adopted home Melbourne. The entertainer, whose career spanned more than five decades, devoted much of her time and celebrity to charities after first being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992. 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. ![]() Singer Olivia Newton-John, who gained worldwide fame as the high school sweetheart Sandy in the hit movie “Grease”, died on Monday after a 30-year battle with cancer.
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