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British-Australian actress Olivia Newton-John dies

MADRID, 8 Ago.

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British-Australian actress Olivia Newton-John dies

MADRID, 8 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The British-Australian actress and singer Olivia Newton-John has died this Monday at the age of 73 surrounded by family and friends on her ranch in Southern California, according to her husband, John Easterling.

Newton-John has passed away "after a 30-year journey from cancer." "He has lost his battle against metastatic breast cancer," said a source close to the family quoted by the US tabloid news portal TMZ.

The actress is known the world over for starring in the 1978 musical film 'Grease' alongside John Travolta. Her role as Sandy de Ella catapulted her to fame with songs like 'You're the One that I Want', 'Summer Nights' or 'Hopelessly Devoted to You'.

He had previously had musical successes such as 'If Not for You', 'Let Me Be There' or 'Have You Never Been Mellow'. After 'Grease' he made films like 'Xanadu' and established himself with songs like 'Physical', from 1981.

In 1992, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but it remitted. She was hospitalized again in 2013 and they managed to stop it, but she resurfaced in 2017.