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August 8 – From the 1970s to the 1980s, singer Olivia Newton-John, who jumped to the top of the world's pop music charts with songs such as "Confessions of Love" and "Physical," and starred in the hit movie musical "Grease," died on Monday. rice field. She is 73 years old and she is at her home in Southern California.
The death of a British-born Australian-raised performer was announced on her Instagram account as "died peacefully" at a ranch house "surrounded by her family and friends."
She won four Grammy Awards, Newton John, who had to cancel her performance a few years ago when her breast cancer had spread to her back. She revealed. Twenty-five years ago, Newton John underwent a partial mastectomy and set up a cancer treatment research facility in Australia.
Celebrities started playing as a kid and became a global superstar after moving to the United States. She was blonde and blue-eyed when she released her first hit on Bob Dylan's song "If Not For You" recorded by George Harrison in 1971. It was full of her health.
In the next few years, "Let Me Be There" won a Grammy Award, and the best vocal performance in the women's country "Let Me Be There" and two Nos. . 1 song "The Temptation of the Breeze" and "Confession of Love". The latter song won the Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Performance and Record of the Year.
Newton John also won the Country Music Association Women's Singer Award in 1974, beating country stars Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton. She plagued many Nashville purists because Australians are unlikely to succeed in American country music.
Critics also did not always care about Newton John's work and often felt that her bubbling was overly commercial. The New York Times once described her voice as "nearly colorless."
MOVIE STARDOM WITH'GREASE'
However, the criticism did not hurt Newton John's sales. The 1978 movie "Grease" has become one of the most popular musicals in Hollywood history.
Producer Alan Kerr wanted her to play the female lead, Sandy, after Newton John was impressed by her at the dinner party. Her travolta also encouraged her to join. Newton-John was initially reluctant due to her negative experience with the nasty title of the 1970 British movie flop "Toomorrow," and she worried that she would hurt her singing career. was doing. She was also worried that she would have an American accent, so that part was rewritten to make Sundi an Australian.
Set in the 1950s, Newton John's Primsandy spends the summer with Travolta's "greaser" Danny for cultural reasons. The relationship is collapsing. difference. Eventually, they settle as the roles reverse, Danny cleans up his actions, and Sandy creates an impressive look in a tight black leather outfit.
The 1978 movie surprised critics and spectators, and its soundtrack included the title song, Newton John's "You're the One That Love", "Summer Night", and a bouncy duet with Travolta. Produced a series of hit songs. "What you were looking for most."
"Thanks to'Grease'," she told The Detroit News in 2016. "Movies and songs are still very much loved."
Her next musical film "Xanadu" in 1980 was bust, but more with the title song and "Magic" to Newton John. Gave a hit and became the 1st place.
In 1981, Newton John won her biggest hit single, "Physical." The video that accompanies the song featured her wearing training clothes and a headband, stimulating her fashion trends. Its sex-filled lyrics ("I can't talk unless I lie down, let's move") eroded the image of her good girl and forced some radio stations to ban it.
Newton John's career chilled after "physical," but in 2015 she made another number one hit on the dance charts. "You must believe", an improved version of "Magic" played with her only child. , Chloe Rose Latungee.
She made another movie "Two of a Kind" with Travolta in 1983 and recorded a Christmas song album in 2012.
Newton-John, whose sister died of brain cancer, became her supporter after her first breast cancer attack and became her supporter in her hometown of Melbourne, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Center. Was established. She also sold what is known as the Olivia Breast Self-Test Kit.
Newton-John, whose grandfather was German-born Nobel laureate physicist Max Born, ranked fourth on behalf of Britain at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. Finished with.
Her first marriage was with "Xanadu" actor Matt Rattansy, who divorced in 1995 and married businessman John Easter Ring in 2008. (Written by Bill Trott, additional report by Ismail Shakil, edited by Diane Craft and Steve Gorman)