Olivia Newton-John, who died Monday at 73 years old, was remembered by her 'Grease' co-star John Travolta.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that any donations be made in her memory to the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund.” The film’s soundtrack was the second biggest album of 1978 in the U.S., trailing only the soundtrack to the Travolta-starring “Saturday Night Fever.” At a 40th anniversary screening for “Grease” in 2018, the duo memorably recreated their famous dance moves on the red carpet.
Celebrities, former co-stars and fans paid tribute to Olivia Newton-John, the Australian actress and pop singer who died Monday at 73.
Olivia Newton John so completely dominated the charts and Top Of The Pops when I was a kid, it felt like she WAS pop music. Here are two from the Grease Soundtrack that I love a lot. One of the first romance leads I felt affinity to.” This weekend I got sent a massive folder of outtakes from album cover photo shoots. Yours from the first moment I saw you and forever! We will see you down the road and we will all be together again.
John Travolta has said he shared "a bond" with his co-star and lifelong friend Olivia Newton-John — "you made all of our lives so much better".
I feel grateful to be a part of that and to have worked with him. I've been through her having a child, getting divorced, losing her sister. Yours from the first moment I saw you and forever! We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. It was a huge response. "When you share that kind of meteoric success — and nothing has been able to exceed it — you share a bond.
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.
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!
A woman with curly blond hair stands close to a man with a 1950s-style. Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta as Sandy and Danny in 1978's “Grease.” (Paramount ...
“Don’t send me any more movies where four angels in heaven ask God to give mankind a second chance, and God agrees — on the condition that John Travolta reforms. The first, “Two of a Kind,” was a box-office flop released in 1983. While “Grease” made almost $400 million worldwide, the subsequent high-concept comedy pulled in a mere $24 million. There were two products of the Travolta/Newton-John friendship that might have been better left on the shelf. In 2018, Travolta explained the strength of their decades-long relationship. Yours from the first moment I saw you and forever!
Signing his tribute as “Your Danny, your John!”, the actor told Newton-John that he was was “yours from the first moment I saw you”.
We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. She added: “I think it kept the tension there and the chemistry. “It was a beautiful day. “They weren’t acting in that moment, it was like he had his chance and he was going to take it. “I think, respectfully, it just didn’t happen.” “You see for a moment she’s surprised and then she responds.