The life of Olivia Newton-John: A rich music career and a lion's fight with cancer
The news about the death of the actress and singer Olivia Newton-John saddened her fans and colleagues. Lavovski fought the serious illness, always with a smile on his face and a positive thought.
Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge on September 26, 1948. Her father was a Welshman, a gifted opera singer and former MI5 officer, and her mother, Irina Bourne, was the daughter of the famous Nobel laureate Max Bourne.
Born was a German physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954 for his "fundamental research in quantum mechanics, particularly in the statistical interpretation of the wave function".
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However, physics was not her strong point, but music was her greatest love.
Olivia represented the United Kingdom at Eurovision in Brighton in 1974 with the song "Long Live Love" and won fourth place.
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After four years, she recorded the musical for which she was remembered - "Brilliant" with John Travolta. Their rendition of "You're the One That I Want" is one of their best-selling singles that is still playing on the radio. John and Olivia reunited in 2018 at a special event marking the 40th anniversary of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Throughout the 1980s, she continued to break records, with her 1981 single "Physical" reaching the top of the Billboard music charts. In the same year, she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In a career spanning five decades, she has released 28 studio albums and sold over 100 million records. She is the winner of four Grammy awards.
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In addition to her acting and music career, she has also started several business ventures. Olivia has successfully run a line of skin care cosmetics, a spa and a clothing line.
She dedicated the last years of her life to projects and organizations for timely diagnosis and prevention of breast cancer. She got sick exactly thirty years ago, but unfortunately she lost the battle.
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She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, and that's when her decades-long battle began.
Newton John claimed that marijuana helped her with health problems. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, the same day her father died, and in 2013 doctors shocked her with the fact that the cancer had spread.
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After a long battle, the cancer was in remission, but it returned in 2017, when Olivia's doctors told her she was in stage four of the disease.
“I mean, you know, what you think creates your reality. So that's the decision. You have to make that decision. You can be a victim or be a winner and enjoy life," she emphasized during a guest appearance on the show "Today" in March 2019.