The world is a little less pretty without her. On Monday, August 8, 2022, John Easterling, husband of Olivia Newton-John, announced that the actress had died.peacefully on her ranch in southern California, surrounded by her family and friends“. Aged 73, the actress had been battling breast cancer for thirty years. This diagnosis had turned her life upside down on many levels since it had almost caused the end of her career and indirectly ruined his first marriage.
Olivia Newton-John had met dancer Matt Lattanzi, 11 years her junior, in 1980 on the set of the film Xanadu by Robert Greenwald. Their age difference had not been an obstacle to their love but the lovebirds had still preferred to take their time. They dated for four years before getting married in 1984 and finally welcomed a baby girl, Chloe, two years later. But when she learned that she had breast cancer in 1992, the heroine of the film grease, great friend of John Travolta, wished to forget his job for a while to concentrate on his recovery.
Back then there was no romance between them
To do this, Olivia Newton-John had left Malibu, at the same time as California, to settle in her ranch located in Byron Bay. The tranquility of the place was ideal for rest, but not for the survival of his marriage, which ended up breaking up. Matt Lattanzi left his wife to be in a relationship with Cindy Jessup, the young babysitter of their daughter Chloe. He had been questioned about this relationship during a bike race organized to fight against cancer.
Divorced in 1995, Olivia Newton-John has never been bitter vis-à-vis this sentimental failure. When Matt Lattanzi married Cindy Jessup two years later, the Australian simply said to herself “delighted“.”This situation looks terrible because Cindy was taking care of their daughter and she was their friendexplained a relative. But back then, there was no romance between them.“Thanks to this first marriage, Olivia Newton-John had all the same known the happiness of being a mother. She had ended up finding love in the arms of John Easterling, her husband since the year 2008…