# RIP Olivia Newton John **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [August 8, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320 "2022-08-08T19:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/1 "2022-08-08T19:27:21Z")
Well damn. One of those artists I didn’t like at first, because she was so pervasive in the 70s, and I thought so saccharine, but it turned out she was actually just sweet…all her hit songs hooked me at some point. RIP. > **[Olivia Newton-John](https://www.facebook.com/100044399110578/posts/pfbid0G8HA6NM3od3k81eeTVFDfY1HPrmv3SpHL8h67hn5BJ81CrxvMHc2VKAvCacb5Aswl/)** > > Dame Olivia Newton-John (73) passed away peacefully at her Ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends. We ask that everyone please respect the family’s privacy during... ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/2 "2022-08-08T19:31:53Z")
She had an incredibly beautiful voice. Did anyone else watch Grease about a thousand times, or was it just me? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/3 "2022-08-08T19:33:55Z")
Having not seen her since she was in that movie, my brain is telling me “how can she have died so young?” Turns out, she’s only two years younger than I am. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/4 "2022-08-08T19:42:02Z")
Wow, talk about breaking news. It hasn’t even shown on my ABC newsfeed yet (Aus Broadcasting Commission). Vale Olivia. It’s been a long fight for you. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/5 "2022-08-08T19:49:53Z")
Announced by CNN: [Olivia Newton John, singer and actress, dead at 73 - CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/08/entertainment/olivia-newton-john-obit/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/6 "2022-08-08T19:50:13Z")
Olivia was my first real celebrity crush, back in the 1970s. She had a beautiful singing voice, and championed worthy causes. This one is hitting me pretty hard right now. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/7 "2022-08-08T19:50:52Z")
Her long and rather storied battle(s) with cancer don’t do much to convince me that there’s a benevolent G-d above. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/8 "2022-08-08T19:54:51Z")
Son of a bitch. This really blows. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/9 "2022-08-08T19:56:09Z")
Oh no. I hate to hear that. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/10 "2022-08-08T20:02:27Z")
I am one of the few people on the planet who saw _Xanadu_ in the theater, and one of the even fewer who will publicly admit to enjoying it. Beautiful woman with a beautiful voice. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/11 "2022-08-08T20:04:47Z")
Olivia was one of my first teen crushes. Beautiful lady and a wonderful singer. I remember her first cancer battle was in the mid 1980’s. It’s a evil disease that often comes back. She’ll be missed. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/12 "2022-08-08T20:13:44Z")
I love Xanadu also. It was on cable when I was around fourteen and I watched it every time I could. My favorite part was when they were roller skating through the different stage sets. And The Tubes! I still listen to the soundtrack frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/13 "2022-08-08T20:18:03Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Did anyone else watch Grease about a thousand times, or was it just me? Not only watched it a thousand times but I swear every time I watch it I have another “did they really just say that?” moment (most, but not all, of those seem to happen during the Greased Lightening sequence). ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/14 "2022-08-08T20:20:17Z")
From John Travolta: > My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so much better. Your impact was incredible. I love you so much. We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. Yours from the moment I saw you and forever! Your Danny, your John! One classy MoFo – then and now. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/15 "2022-08-08T20:26:54Z")
My celebrity girlfriend. A coworker told me about her death. At the time I was listening to my ELO playlist. The next song on the playlist was Xanadu. And I did see it in the theaters. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/16 "2022-08-08T20:33:05Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Did anyone else watch Grease about a thousand times, or was it just me ? Definitely not just you. Fond memories of watching that one as a young’n. RIP ONJ ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/17 "2022-08-08T20:43:25Z")
On no. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/18 "2022-08-08T20:47:50Z")
My Junior High crush is now gone! 😢 Her sweet voice on Have You Ever Been Mellow stole my young heart. 😭 😭 😭 This is a tough one. She was a beautiful soul. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CY-Uw8jYPDE/maxresdefault.jpg "Olivia Newton-John - Have You Ever Been Mellow (1975)(side by side from 3 performances)(stereo)(RIP)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY-Uw8jYPDE) And she nailed the lead in it in Grease. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/itRFjzQICJU/maxresdefault.jpg "John Travolta And Olivia Newton John - You're The One That I Want") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itRFjzQICJU) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/19 "2022-08-08T20:55:48Z")
First Judith, now ONJ. The world is going downhill rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320/20 "2022-08-08T22:30:28Z")
Saw her in on stage back in the mid 80’s - it was the best concert I ever attended. Also liked the movie Xanadu. Very sad and sorry to see her go. 😢 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-newton-john/969320.md?page=2)