OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, who announced last month she was battling cancer for a third time with a tumour in her lower back, has been facing an uphill battle since 1992.

Opening up about her diagnosis, the Grease star, who turned 70 on September 26, told Australian show Sunday Night that she isn’t alone in this battle. “I’m one of millions in this fight… in this journey. I see it as part of my mission maybe,” she said. Last summer, the singer was forced to postpone her US and Canadian concert tour dates after she learned the back pain that initially caused her to postpone the first half of her concert tour turned out to be breast cancer that metastasized to the sacrum.