Olivia Newton-John, who played Sandy in Grease, dies at 73
Live MintOlivia Newton-John, the Grammy-winning superstar who reigned on pop, country, adult contemporary and dance charts with such hits as Physical and You’re the One That I Want and won countless hearts as everyone’s favorite Sandy in the blockbuster film version of Grease, has died. “We ask that everyone please respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time.” From 1973-83, Newton-John was among the world’s most popular entertainers. Physical even made Newton-John blush as she told her would-be lover “There’s nothing left to talk about/Unless it’s horizontally” and finally called out “Let’s get animal! “He was lost at sea, and nobody really knows what happened,” Newton-John told Australia’s “60 Minutes” in 2016. A Village Voice review likened her to a geisha who “makes her voice smaller than it really is just to please men.” When Newton-John beat out Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn for the Country Music Association’s top artist of 1973, Tammy Wynette helped found the Association of Country Entertainers, a club designed to exclude Newton-John and other crossover performers.
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