Obituary: Grease was the catalyst for Olivia Newton-John's superstardom, but cancer research became her life’s cause
, giving her massive UK exposure, and had a third hit with a cover of George Harrison’sIn March 1972, she broke up with Welsh, and the following year had her first significant US hit with, while also beginning a relationship with businessman Lee Kramer, who took over her management with no prior experience. In 1974, she sang the unfortunateReddy talked Newton-John into moving across the Atlantic, and she had her first US No.
When Koala Blue collapsed in 1991, Newton-John planned a return to singing, but the following year brought twin bouts of bad news: the death of her father and a breast cancer diagnosis.
Newton-John described her cancer as “a gift” that she saw as her “life’s journey”. “It gave me purpose and intention and taught me a lot about compassion,” she said. That purpose included her passionate support of cancer sufferers and cancer research, and her dedication to that cause led to the establishment in 2014 of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Centre at Melbourne’s Austin Hospital.
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