Grease star and singer Olivia Newton-John died after an extended battle with breast most cancers. Her husband, John Easterling, confirmed the information through her social media accounts on Aug. 8, 2022, writing: “Dame Olivia Newton-John (73) passed away peacefully at her ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends.”
Right here’s extra on Newton-John’s ranch the place she spent her closing days, plus a glance contained in the Australian farm she bought in 2019 after her stage 4 most cancers analysis.
Newton-John’s California horse ranch the place she spent her closing days
Newton-John bought the horse ranch within the Santa Ynez Valley exterior Santa Barbara in 2015 for $4.69 million. In keeping with the New York Post, the ranch went available on the market in 2019, a yr after Newton-John revealed she was identified with stage 4 most cancers.
The house on the 12-acre ranch was in-built 2008. It has greater than 4,450 sq. toes of residing house with 4 bedrooms and 5 bogs. It additionally incorporates a four-car storage, a horse monitor, stables, and a barn. A few of its different facilities embody a pool, a cabana, an outside kitchen, and beautiful views of the mountains.
Nonetheless, because the Publish famous, she determined to not promote it and in 2021, transferred full possession of the property to Easterling. It grew to become the property the place Newton-John spent her final days. Talking in regards to the ranch, her buddy and publicist Michael Caprio advised the publication: “They loved it.”
In an interview with Reader’s Digest throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, Newton-John stated: “I really feel responsible for saying it, however I’ve truly loved not having the ability to go anyplace. My life has at all times been about being on planes and touring and staying in inns, so to be in a single place for nearly a yr has been blissful.
“And it’s been wonderful having so much time at home. I’ve been able to do things like clean out closets and garages. I’ve also learned how to make bread, I’ve done arts and crafts-y things, and have hung out with my animals and my husband. I haven’t been bored for one second.”
A glance contained in the star’s Australian farm she bought after Stage 4 most cancers analysis
▶” src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/BnGOYQATfv0?feature=oembed” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen>
The ranch Newton-John did promote following her stage 4 analysis is a sprawling farm in New South Wales.
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom fundamental residence and one-bedroom, one-bathroom visitor suite sits on a whopping 189 acres. The property boasts its personal rainforest, a pure waterfall, two dams, a creek, and native chicken populations because it borders the Victoria Park Nature reserve.
One month after it was listed, the farm bought for $4.6 million.
Newton-John additionally as soon as owned a house in Florida’s Palm Seashore County as nicely. In 2009, she paid $4.1 million for the waterfront abode in Jupiter Inlet Colony and unloaded it for $5 million in 2016. And within the ’90s, she bought a 6,000-square-foot mansion in Malibu to tv producer Neal Martens.
Newton-John opened a most cancers & wellness heart and based a well being retreat in Australia
Along with her performing and singing, the star was additionally identified for her philanthropy and advocacy for most cancers analysis. In 2005, she co-founded the Gaia Retreat & Spa, a well being retreat in Australia’s Byron Bay. Then in 2012, she opened the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre at Melbourne’s Austin Hospital. She launched the Olivia Newton-John Basis as nicely.
“The idea is to fund research into kinder ways to treat cancer, to prevent cancer, and to live well with cancer,” she advised Forbes. “So (as a result of) all those things, I believe, we will eventually see a world beyond it where it’s just treated as any other illness that you can kind of control and live well with and, of course, hopefully, cure it.”
Newton-John is survived by her husband, her daughter Chloe Lattanzi, her sister Sarah Newton-John, her brother Toby Newton-John, and a number of nieces and nephews.