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Already a Grammy-winning recording artist and country music star when she was cast as good-girl-gone-bad Sandy, Olivia Newton-John’s career rose to greater heights after the movie became the biggest box office hit of 1978. Thanks to her soundtrack contributions “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and “Summer Nights,” she became the second woman to have two singles in the Billboard top five at the same time. In addition to the box office and Billboard success brought on by the musical, her performance in Grease <\/i>also landed her a Golden Globe nomination.<\/p>\n

Inspired by her climactic transformation into “Bad Sandy,” Newton-John revamped her sound and image for her next album, Totally Hot<\/i>, to add more of a Pink Ladies edge. Every big screen follow-up, Xanadu<\/i> \u2014 co-starring Gene Kelly \u2014 was a critical and commercial failure, but produced a hit soundtrack and a slew of top 20 singles, including “Magic,” which spent five weeks at number one on the charts. The movie musical was also where she met her first husband, Matt Lattanzi, and in 1986 she gave birth to their daughter, Chloe Rose.<\/p>\n

In 1981, she released Physical<\/i>, the biggest album of her career. The risqu\u00e9 title track ruled the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks, and its tongue-in-cheek, aerobics inspired music video became an MTV staple. She went on to record 15 more studio albums, achieving a career total of 26, and selling over 100 million units worldwide.<\/p>\n

In 1992, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and became a tireless advocate for cancer research throughout the rest of her life, found the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Center in Australia. In addition, she was “hopelessly devoted” to philanthropic works including a stint as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Program.<\/p>\n

Her cancer returned in 2013 and 2017, and on August 8, 2022, her husband John Easterling announced the icon’s death at the age of 73.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Already a Grammy-winning recording artist and country music star when she was cast as good-girl-gone-bad Sandy, Olivia Newton-John’s career rose to greater heights after the movie became the biggest box office hit of 1978. Thanks to her soundtrack contributions “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and “Summer Nights,” she became the second woman to have two singles …<\/p>\n

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