Sir Rod Stewart has paid tribute to his "nice good friend" Olivia Newton-John. The 73-year-old, who performed Sandy within the hit film, handed away surrounded by her household on Monday after a 30-year battle with breast most cancers.
Taking to Instagram, Rod stated: "My nice good friend Olivia Newton-John has handed away. She was the right Girl, attractive, with nice poise and with a sure Aussie sophistication. Her spandex trousers in Grease had been my inspiration for my 'Do ya suppose I am Horny' period. RIP Olivia. Sir Rod."
Celebrities from all over the world have paid tribute to the singer and actress, together with Samantha Womack, the previous EastEnders actress who performed Ronnie Michelle within the BBC cleaning soap. In her message on social media she additionally revealed she's battling the sickness.
Sharing an image with Dame Olivia and her daughter, the 49-year-old mirrored on an evening the star got here to see her performing in Grease. She wrote: "This was essentially the most magical of evenings. Olivia and Chloe had come to see Grease in London and we had dinner collectively afterwards. I used to be so excited and in awe, she was my childhood. I now begin my very own battle with this illness and am left feeling deeply moved. #OliviaNewtonJohn "
Dozens of followers rushed to supply Sam help after she revealed her personal well being battle on Twitter. This Morning's Cleaning soap correspondent Sharon Marshall stated: "Wishing you're keen on and energy."
Olivia's Grease co-star John Travolta additionally shared an previous snap of Olivia and stated: ""My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so a lot better. Your affect was unimaginable. I like you a lot. We are going to see you down the street and we'll all be collectively once more. Yours from the primary second I noticed you and without end! Your Danny, your John!"
Actress Stockard Channing - who performed Rizzo in Grease - stated: "I do not know if I've identified a lovelier human being. Olivia was the essence of summer season - her sunniness, her heat and her grace are what all the time come to thoughts after I consider her. I'll miss her enormously."
The movie's director Randal Kleiser stated he had been buddies with Newton-John for 40 years and "she by no means modified, she was all the time precisely the best way everybody imagines her". "She was charming, pretty, heat... There are such a lot of clichés you possibly can say about her however in her case it was all true."
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