farewell to THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN HEART
‘You are an angel on earth’
Australia and indeed the world mourned last week, when Olivia Newton-John – arguably our most beloved global star – passed away after 30 years of living with breast cancer.
Diagnosed in 1992, Olivia died at the age of 73 at her spectacular range in Southern California, with husband John Easterling and daughter Chloe Lattanzi by her side.
After 20 years in remission, the cancer struck again – returning in 2013 and discovered after she hurt her shoulder in a car crash. Following a brief respite, in 2017 it had metastasised in her lower back, for a time robbing the Hopelessly Devoted singer of the ability to walk.
At first, the
