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We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. Upon being made a Dame in the 2019 New Year she told of her pride in her British ancestry, after being recognised for her services to charity, to cancer research and to entertainment. “Her healing inspiration and pioneering experience with plant medicine continues with the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, dedicated to researching plant medicine and cancer.” The singer said she was treating the illness “naturally” and was using cannabis oil made from marijuana her husband grows in California to alleviate the pain. “The way she performed Sandy, the way she was Sandy, is perfection and I definitely hold responsibility now and in making sure that I continue to wave that flag.” I love you so much.

Many who knew and loved Olivia Newton-John and speaking out after her death.

Jackman would also go on to become a multidisciplinary threat, and would even sing Newton-John’s part of “Summer Loving” with John Travolta at one point. The film became a permanent part of both of their careers, bringing Travolta and Newton-John together again and again over the years. While Olivia Newton-John had several major film roles as well as musical hits, for many, she will always be Sandy from 1978’s film adaptation of Grease. It has become one of the truly iconic movie musicals, and it turned her and her co-star John Travolta into movie stars.

Olivia Newton-John and "Grease" co-star John Travolta at immediate "chemistry" but the pop singer hesitated to star in the musical movie.

“You look at the screen and you see it. Yours from the moment I saw you and forever! We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. “She felt very, very comfortable with [Travolta] and that was it,” Thurm mused. “I think I’ve never heard of a case where an actor being offered a role said, ‘I want to see me before I say yes.’ But that’s how smart she was.” That’s the important thing to know.”

John Travolta remembers Olivia Newton-John, his former “Grease” costar, who died Monday at 73 after a 30-year battle with breast cancer.

“The light that illuminated from the two of you when you were together was beautiful!,” another wrote. Love and Light 💫,” she continued. “Thinking of John💔 There will only be one Sandy and Danny🕊🤍. You will always be together🕊,” another added. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, and received chemotherapy and a partial mastectomy. “We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. Yours from the first moment I saw you and forever!

As tributes to Olivia Newton-John flood social media, fans are looking back at her role in Grease and wondering if she dated John Travolta.

“So I think it was just as well it didn’t happen. She’s worthy of good friendship.” “We were both with other people when we were filming and I think, respectfully, it just didn’t happen,” she said.

Olivia Newton-John was one of the biggest pop stars in the 1970s and early 1980s. In the movie musical Grease, she starred as good girl Sandy Olson, ...

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Following Olivia Newton-John's death on August 8, her former Grease co-star and long-time friend John Travolta offers a loving tribute.

Among the many words people have to say about Newton-John in the coming days, the short and sweet message from long-time friend and beloved co-star Travolta will likely remain one of the most emotional. Newton-John and Travolta co-starred together in the hit musical movie Grease back in 1978. John Travolta pays tribute to Olivia Newton-John in a touching post.

John Travolta has paid an emotional tribute to his late Grease co-star Olivia Newton-John. The legendary actress/singer passed away peacefully at her ranch ...