Her mother was born in Germany to a German Jewish academic family who came to the UK with her family in 1933 to escape the Nazi regime. Her father was born in Wales to a middle-class family. Olivia Newton-John was born on 26 September 1948 in Cambridge, to Brinley 'Bryn' Newton-John (1914–1992) and Irene Helene (née Born 1914–2003). She also was an activist for environmental and animal rights causes. In 2012, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre opened in her home town of Melbourne. Newton-John, who battled breast cancer three times, was an advocate and sponsor for breast cancer research. With global sales of more than 100 million records, Newton-John established herself as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, as well as one of the highest-selling female Australian artists. Other defining hit singles include ' If Not for You' and ' Banks of the Ohio' (both 1971), ' Let Me Be There' (1973), ' If You Love Me (Let Me Know)' (1974), ' Have You Never Been Mellow' (1975), ' Sam' (1977), ' Hopelessly Devoted to You' (1978 also from Grease), ' A Little More Love' (1978), ' Twist of Fate' (1983) and, from the 1980 film Xanadu, ' Magic' and ' Xanadu' (with the Electric Light Orchestra). Her signature solo recordings include the Record of the Year Grammy winner ' I Honestly Love You' (1974) and ' Physical' (1981)- Billboard's highest-ranking Hot 100 single of the 1980s. It features two major hit duets with co-star John Travolta: ' You're the One That I Want'-which is one of the best-selling singles of all time-and ' Summer Nights'. In 1978, Newton-John starred in the musical film Grease, which was the highest-grossing musical film at the time and whose soundtrack remains one of the world's best-selling albums. Eleven of her singles (including two Platinum) and fourteen of her albums (including two Platinum and four 2× Platinum) have been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included fifteen top-ten singles, including five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and two number-one albums on the Billboard 200: If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974) and Have You Never Been Mellow (1975).

Dame Olivia Newton-John AC DBE (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress.

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