RIP: Olivia Newton-John (1948-2022)

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Pretty young. Reports say she was surrounded by friends and family so must have been some sort of illness. Sad news.
 

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She had breast cancer. Remission in 1993, came back in 2017

Tenacious little lady to pull that off.

Like every other straight male of the era, had a huge crush on Sandy from Grease. Even sat through some awful roller skating movie just because she starred in it. RIP
 

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According to her family: Newton-John’s niece, Tottie Goldsmith, told A Current Affair at the time that her aunt’s death wasn’t a “shock.” “It’s not a shock — we’ve known how sick she’s been, especially in the last five days,” she said. “It wasn’t just the cancer that got her; it was other complications, being in a hospital and with a very susceptible immune system. She got secondary infections. She really went down in the past five, six days.”
 

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Anyone that's dealt with cancer understands it is almost always complications that get you. Cancer just wreaks havoc on the body and all the things that protect us just can't handle it anymore. It's a horrible thing to watch.
 
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