Olivia Newton-John: Everything the Grease cast have said after late co-star’s death
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Your Danny, your John!” Stockard Channing – who played Pink Lady Betty Rizzo – shared a heartfelt tribute, telling People magazine: “I don’t know if I’ve known a lovelier human being. I will miss her enormously.” Dinah Manoff, who portrayed Marty Maraschino in the film, also told the publication: “As many will tell you, Olivia Newton-John was one of the kindest, most generous souls ever to grace the earth, and I was one lucky Pink Lady to have spent time with her during the filming of Grease. “I took it upon myself to write to her… She would always sign her emails, ‘With love and light, Olivia.’ And I wrote to her – basically if you read between the lines she would be able to tell that I knew there was something going on – and I basically said that, ‘On your journey forward, simply know that you, Olivia, are the love and the light.’” Stockard Channing as Rizzo in ‘Grease’ He added: “She just always exuded that positivity. I grieve for her family, and for John.” Lorenzo Lamas, who played the captain of Rydell’s football team Tom Chisum, said Newton-John was gone “much too soon”.
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