Grease

In the days following the death of Oliva Newton-John, an old clip of her and her 'Grease' co-star John Travolta has resurfaced — and fans are emotional ...

Olivia and John had a long friendship since playing love interests in Grease, which they both filmed in their 20s. Back in 2018, John said that the strength of their friendship was rooted in the success of Grease. Best Sandy. ❤️🙏🏻🕊❤️," one wrote in the comments section. "I love you so much. He continued: "And every girl wants to be like her. I felt the same way."

It's no secret Olivia Newon-John had a turbulent love life, marred by heartbreak, divorce, and a bizarre unsolved disappearance.

Pictured in 2001 The pair married in 1968 and had three children. Ian, a heavy smoker, had been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in February 2011, and died just over a year later in March 2012. Ian spoke of his heartbreak back in 1981, saying '[Olivia] was away for more than three months. Pictured in 1979 We all have something we need to go through in life. Pictured in 2006 Pictured in 2006 Olivia is pictured in 1973 The Grease star was just 16 when she first crossed paths with Ian, then 19. 'Ian and Olivia were inseparable. Olivia even joined in games of footy with Ian and his four football-mad brothers,' The Australian Women's Weekly reported in 1981.

Albert Verlinde wants to make the musical Grease, which will return to theaters next year, "extra special" now that Olivia Newton-John has passed away.

"Now you really want to make it something extra special, cast the right Sandy and Danny. It should be a nice tribute." When you are Sandy to the whole world, that is really special." Albert Verlinde wants to make the musical Grease, which will return to theaters next year, "extra special" now that Olivia Newton-John has passed away.

In that time, the Grammy-winning actor and musician flitted effortlessly from sweeping high-school romances to surreal fantasy epics and side-splitting comedies ...

As well as the death of Olivia Newton-John, tragedy has struck some of the cast of 1978 hit Grease in the years since it was released.

And I try not to live my life with that in my mind all the time.” And I try not to live my life with that in my mind all the time. She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many.” In 2011 the actor, who was also in the TV series Taxi, was found unconscious at home and was taken to hospital. There were reports that he hurt his back filming a scene in Grease and that when something later exacerbated the injury, it led to troubles with painkillers. She was first diagnosed with the illness in 1992 and it returned in 2013 and then again in 2017.

Country singer Kelsea Ballerini shared a video of herself singing one of Olivia Newton-John's hit songs as a tribute to the iconic actress.

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Post reviewer Jeffrey Davies interviewed Olivia at the Colston Hall, before Grease and her smash hits 'Physical' and 'Xanadu'

“You know,” she said, wishing to put the record straight, “most reporters are under the impression that I am Australian and ask me what I think of England. It’s funny really, as I am as English or British as most people who were at the show tonight. “I love meeting and speaking to people. And now I can because of my position. "I teamed up with a friend from Australia and we did a double act. She laughed, remembering that just a couple of hours earlier she had arrived at the Colston Hall with the rain pouring down. “My father didn’t really want me to go into this business. I have had some absolutely marvellous nights and then some not so good ones, as most performers do. Hard to imagine it, but has she ever had a poor reception in Britain? “No, not really. "I think people who knock the show are in the minority. A great performance, I remarked to the clearly delighted singer, 23, backstage at the venue, the incessant chattering of excited autograph hunters audible outside. Dame Olivia Newton-John died peacefully at her ranch in Southern California on Monday morning at the age of 73. A ‘special guest’ on French crooner Sacha Distel’s show, one of the pop world’s nicest performers went down a storm.

Mystery still surrounds the shocking disappearance of Olivia Newton-John's former partner, Patrick McDermott,

'He was lost at sea, and nobody really knows what happened,' Newton-John told 60 Minutes in 2016. 'Those are the things in life you have to accept and let go. One set of pictures of a couple alleged to be the distinctive looking McDermott - who was half-Korean and adopted at the age of two - turned out to be a Canadian couple. Another claimed to have categoric proof he was alive and was on the verge of revealing it - but never did. One investigator claimed to have found him and spoken with him in 2009, claiming he just wanted be left alone but the claim was unsubstantiated. 'Those are the things in life you have to accept and let go. The crew hadn't done a headcount so no-one noticed he was missing for another week when he failed to turn up for a family event, with police alerted almost a week later.. Patrick is rumoured to be in hiding in Mexico, on the run from crushing debts and said to be living on a yacht off the coast at Sayulita But the claims were undone weeks later when a Canadian couple came forward to say they were the people in the photograph. Photographs of a man and a woman said to be the Hollywood crew member and his new lover in Mexico were also published in 2017 by New Idea magazine. Crew on his fishing boat 'Freedom' had found his car keys, passport and wallet on board the boat and his car was found parked at the San Pedro marina in Los Angeles. But still no-one realised he was missing until he failed to appear at a family event on July 6, with police finally called in on July 11.