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Olivia Newton-John's Husband John Easterling Shares Emotional Tribute
Olivia Newton-John's fans continue to beryllium their devotion to her.
Fans spoke retired connected societal media aft the British-Australian actress, who died successful August astatine property 73, was not included successful the in memoriam segment at the 2022 Emmys connected Sept. 12. During the tribute, John Legend sang "Pieces" portion the grant show honored legends specified arsenic Betty White, Bob Saget, Sidney Poitier and James Caan.
Olivia is, successful fact, included successful the Emmys' online successful memoriam page, but viewers noticed that the Emmy Awards telecast didn't feature the Grease star, who had appeared successful TV bid including Sordid Lives: The Series, Bette, Murphy Brown and Ned and Stacey. She also made cameos in Dancing With the Stars, Loose Women, The Talk, RuPaul's Drag Race, The View and much shows.
"Hey Emmys, that was a beauteous In Memoriam tribute, but you near retired Olivia Newton-John," 1 Twitter idiosyncratic said.
Another noted, "Wait but wherefore wasn't Olivia Newton John successful the #Emmys2022 memorial??"
"She is and ever volition beryllium an icon," a 3rd fan tweeted. "And you forgot her????"
Olivia's fans aren't the lone ones missing her pursuing her decease connected Aug. 8 (she passed distant aft a 30-year conflict with breast cancer.)
In the weeks since, her daughter Chloe Lattanzi has shed airy connected her grief after losing her mother. The 36-year-old precocious reposted a punctuation from author Jamie Anderson that seemed to seizure her feelings.
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"Grief, I've learned, is truly conscionable love," the connection read. "It's each the emotion you privation to give, but cannot. All that unspent emotion gathers up successful the corners of your eyes, the lump successful your pharynx and successful that hollow portion of your chest. Grief is conscionable love with nary spot to go."
Olivia's husband, John Easterling, has besides shared sweet words astir the beloved star.
"Olivia, Our emotion for each different transcends our understanding," helium said connected Instagram past month. "Every time we expressed our gratitude for this emotion that could beryllium truthful deep, truthful real, truthful natural."
Calling her "the astir courageous pistillate I've ever known," helium shared, "Her bandwidth for genuinely caring for people, for quality and each creatures astir eclipses what is humanely possible. It is lone the grace of God that has allowed maine to stock the extent and passionateness of her being for truthful long."
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