Grease star Dame Olivia Newton-John, died at the age of 73 on Monday, August 8, as the news was confirmed in a statement by the singer's husband. It was revealed that she had passed away peacefully at her ranch in southern California, surrounded by family and friends. Born in Cambridge and then moved to Australia at the age of six, Olivia's dad, was actually born in Cardiff, as she discovered in 2007.
The singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and activist had been battling breast cancer for 30 years, but in recent years she'd discovered her dad's origins, before he became an MI5 agent in WWII.
Olivia is most famously known for playing the character of Sandy in the hit musical movie Grease, the highest-grossing film of 1978. The star also enjoyed a successful music career with hits such as Physical, Xanadu, If Not For You and Let Me Be There.
