In Australia, tributes pour out for pop star Newton-John

SYDNEY, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Australians expressed shock and unhappiness on Tuesday as they woke as much as the information that Nineteen Seventies and ’80s pop icon Olivia Newton-John, star of the hit film musical “Grease”, had died at age 73 at her dwelling in Southern California.

From the Prime Minister on down, tributes flowed for the four-time Grammy winner, who grew up in Australia. She was hailed for her passionate work in selling most cancers analysis and wellness care after battling the illness for 30 years.

In Sydney, locals and vacationers shared heat recollections of rising up with the soundtrack of Newton-John, together with songs resembling “Bodily” and “Hopelessly Dedicated to You”.

“I used to look at it (Grease) quite a bit once I was a child and teenager, so yeah, it is a large shock. She’s an Australian icon, so very upsetting, and means too younger to die,” Clara Zwack, a science analysis fellow, mentioned in Sydney.

Requests poured in to Australian Broadcasting Corp to point out Newton-John singing the 1980 hit title track from the film Xanadu.

The pop star first battled breast most cancers in 1992 and in 2017 disclosed a recurrence had unfold to her decrease again, forcing her to cancel performances.

Her dying adopted the lack of two different Australian musical figures in simply over every week – Judith Durham, lead singer of The Seekers, and Indigenous singer and songwriter Archie Roach.

“She’s finished a lot for Australia with … the wellness clinics down in Melbourne, so, yeah, actual shock, unhappiness,” mentioned 69-year-old Sydney resident Lynette.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese known as Newton-John a “joyful glow in our lives”.

“Her legacy will dwell on, in her music, her movies and her dedication that sooner or later we are going to discover a treatment for most cancers,” Albanese mentioned on Twitter.

Reporting by Cordelia Hsu; Writing by Sonali Paul. Enhancing by Gerry Doyle

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