OLIVIA WAS AT PEACE
Candid talk on love & death
Olivia Newton-John spoke openly about death in one of her final interviews — and revealed that she was “sort of looking forward to” being around the energies of the loved ones who passed.
The iconic “Grease” star and four-time Grammy Award winner (right) — who died at 73 on Monday following a 30-year battle with breast cancer — opened up last year about how she had been contemplating dying.
“We all know we’re going to die, but I think we spend our lives in denial,” NewtonJohn said on Australian author Sarah Grynberg’s “A Life of Greatness” podcast. “It’s extremely personal so it’s hard to put into words.”
The Aussie-raised actress continued: “I feel that we are all one thing and I’ve had experiences with spirits and spirit life. I believe there is something that happens. I hope the energies of the people you love will be there . . .
“I think all the love will be there. I’m sort of looking forward to that, not now, but when it happens.”
Grynberg re-released the February 2021 episode featuring Newton-John on Monday in her memory.
Meanwhile, just three days before her death, the cancer advocate had shared what would turn out to be her final Instagram photo: a luminous throwback snapshot of her and husband John Easterling smiling and gazing into the distance.
Easterling, 70, broke the news of her passing Monday on his wife’s social-media page, hailing her as “a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer.” His statement was accompanied by a photo of an angelic-looking Newton-John with a beaming smile, dressed in white and posing against a white background. The “Physical” singer was diagnosed with breast cancer for the third time in 2017 after two previous bouts in 1992 and 2013. Newton-John announced her latest health crisis in 2018, revealing that she had stage 4 breast cancer that had metastasized to the base of her spine, and that her prognosis was bleak. The Hollywood legend’s passing inspired a tidal wave of tributes from industry colleagues, led by John Travolta, forever linked as Newton-John’s co-star in 1978’s “Grease.” “My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so much better,” Travolta, 68, wrote on Instagram. “Your impact was incredible. I love you so much. We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. Yours from the first moment I saw you and forever!”