R.I.P. #OliviaNewton-John Olivia Newton-John, the beloved actor and singer who famously starred in #Grease, has died following several years-long battles with breast cancer. The news was confirmed by her husband, John Easterling, in a Facebook post that referred to her as a “symbol of triumphs and hope” and highlighted her inspirational work in researching plant-based medicine for cancer treatments. Newton-John was 73. Newton-John was born in the United Kingdom in 1948, the daughter of an MI5 officer, and her family moved to Australia when she was young so her father could take a job at a university in Melbourne. She began singing semi-professionally as a teenager, performing in Australia and England with her partner Pat Carroll until Carroll returned to Australia and Newton-John began working on a solo album. In 1971 she released If Not For You, a hit covers album, but her second album failed to make as much of an impact (it wasn’t officially released in the U.S.), and she released a third called Let Me Be There in 1973. Click the link in our bio for more on this story.