Olivia Newton-John with John Travolta in Grease.Credit:AP
She also shifted her focus to healing and wellbeing,following a much-publicised battle with cancer,and started the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund.
In the statement posted to her official Facebook account,Newton-John’s family has asked that donations be made in her memory to the fund.
Newton-John received an OBE in 1979,and in 2019 was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire,though the title Dame Olivia did not fall into everyday usage.
She was admitted to the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame in 2002;in 2019 she was made a Companion of the Order of Australia.
Oliver Newton-John with husband John Easterling.Credit:Justin McManus
Newton-John was married twice;first to actor Matt Lattanzi in 1984,who she met on the set of the filmXanadu. The couple had a daughter,Chloe,in 1986 and divorced amicably in 1995.
In 2008,Newton-John married businessman John Easterling in an Incan spiritual ceremony. The couple bought a home on Jupiter Island,Florida,but never moved there. They later bought a horse ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley,outside Santa Barbara.
Newton-John is survived by Easterling,daughter Chloe Lattanzi,sister Sarah Newton-John and brother Toby Newton-John.
She is also survived by her nieces and nephews Tottie,Fiona and Brett Goldsmith;Emerson,Charlie,Zac,Jeremy,Randall,and Pierz Newton-John;Jude Newton-Stock,Layla Lee;Kira and Tasha Edelstein;and Brin and Valerie Hall.