Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England, to a Welsh father, Brinley Newton-John, and a German mother, Irene Born. Newton-John is the youngest of three children, following brother Hugh, a doctor, and sister Rona, an actress once married to Grease co-star Jeff Conaway. Newton-...
Amid her battles with breast cancer -- and following the death of her sister, Rona, in 2013, who died just six weeks after being diagnosed with brain cancer -- Newton-John shared the impact music had on her life, her own health journey and how she recovered after her sister's passing....
Olivia’s commitment to cancer treatment does not only come from her personal ordeal but also her tragic experience of losing loved ones to the disease. She lost her sister, Rona Newton-John, to brain cancer, which inspired her to create a fund specifically for the treatment of such tumors....
"We will, on behalf of not just our family, but I think Australia needs it. She was so loved," shared Goldsmith, 59, who is the daughter of Newton-John's late sister, Rona, who died after a battle with brain cancer in 2013. "I think our country needs it so we...
Her sister Rona, who died of brain cancer in 2013, was an actress who was married to Olivia’s Grease co-star Jeff Conaway from 1980 until their divorce in 1985. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in her memory to the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund. Read ...
Born on Sept. 26, 1948, in Cambridge, United Kingdom, to Brinley “Bryn” and Irene Helene Newton-John, Olivia Newton-John was the youngest of three children, including her departed siblings Hugh and Rona, perBiography. Photo:GAB Archive/Redferns. ...
Opening up about the "shocking time," Newton-John told PEOPLE the loss was "jarring," despite being "prepared" for Rona's death. "No one is ever prepared for when the person actually dies," she said. "Your sister is someone you can share things about the family that no one else unde...
Grease Cast Members Pay Tribute to Olivia Newton-John After Her Death: 'One of the Kindest' Souls The Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman star went on to explain said the two originally met through Newton-John's sister, Rona— who was patient of Seymour's father and delivered the Grease star's ...