CELEBRITIES SAY GOODBYE TO OLIVIA
- Townsville Bulletin
- JESSICA WANG
CELEBRITIES gathered at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall on Sunday to farewell legendary Australian singer Olivia Newton-john at her State Memorial Service.
In attendance were Kate Ceberano, Molly Meldrum, Delta Goodrem, Dannii Minogue, Human Nature’s Phil Burton and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, as well as Newton-john’s husband John Easterling and daughter Chloe Lattanzi. Multicultural Affairs Minister
Andrew Giles attended, representing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who was unable to attend due to commitments in Sydney.
Speaking to Channel 7, singer Delta Goodrem looked visibly emotional talking about her mentor.
“It is beautiful to see everybody coming out,” she said.
“(I’m) so happy to see everybody coming together on a day to celebrate someone who touched all our lives.
“I think that is really what it is. Seeing everybody just come together and being able to honour and celebrate
Olivia is incredibly special.”
Minogue credited Newton-john as a key inspiration for her career.
“She is literally the reason why I started performing and I was lucky enough to tell her that the first time that we met.
“She is a great friend of mine,” she told Channel 7.
On Sunday afternoon, Minogue shared a photo of herself with the Grease star and fellow singer Tottie
Goldsmith, with a touching tribute to the late actress.
“I perform because of one person, Olivia Newton-john. She has had me transfixed since I saw her as Sandy in Grease,” she said.
“I have had the most incredible moments with her and the beautiful Tottie Goldsmith, who has the same sparkle and shine.”
Mourners were asked to wear “a touch of orange” in a tribute to the singer’s favourite colour, with an orange red carpet rolled out for the service.
Husband’s shattering tribute to ‘magic’ ONJ
- Mercury (Hobart)
- JESSICA WANG
OLIVIA Newton-John’s husband John Easterling has shared an emotional tribute to the late singer, giving a rare insight into their marriage. Easterling led a lengthy list of heartwarming tributes from celebrities and family, including her daughter Chloe Lattanzi, at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall for the State Memorial Service.
The businessman said that despite not being familiar with her music when they first met, he described the late singer as a “healer”, and described her ability to perform as a “piece of magic”. Easterling’s voice began to break while describing their life “supernatural” together. “Every day with Olivia was a bit of magic,” he said. “She said to me ‘John, when you are lucky enough to find your true soulmate and you share a heart, and one passes, the other has the obligation to live life for both’.
“We were talking about how lucky we were to have found each other and how in love we were.” Easterling also said he believed he felt the singer’s spirit in the days after her death. “A couple of nights after Olivia passed, I was lying in bed and I felt her hand over my diaphragm lifting out and I started breathing again,” he said.
Daughter Chloe described her mother’s sense of humour, love of nature, and her ability to “find the beauty in everything”.
“I stand here before you so desperately wanting to feel strong and confident and speak eloquently. But the truth is, I feel like a little girl lost without her mother,” she said.
“I can hear her voice: ‘You are safe, my darling. Don’t be afraid. You are so much stronger than you think. Speak from your heart. That’s all you have to do’”.
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