Olivia Newton-John's Husband John Easterling Shares Emotional Tribute
Olivia Newton-John's daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, volition everlastingly clasp the past words her parent said to her successful her heart.
"The past words she could accidental to maine was, 'My sunshine,'" the 37-year-old, joined by Olivia's widower John Easterling, told Hoda Kotb connected the Feb. 17 of Today in the family's archetypal TV sit-down interview since the singer's passing last year. "And close earlier she mislaid her quality to speak, she was making jokes."
While the satellite knew Olivia for her Grammy-winning euphony and acting successful movies similar Grease, Chloe knew her arsenic mom.
"I emotion my ma much than anything," she said. "And she's my mama, you know? She's not Olivia Newton-John to me. But I'm truthful gladsome that she was Olivia Newton-John for truthful galore people."
And Chloe—whom Olivia welcomed with ex-husband Matt Lattanzi—appreciates each of the emotion and memories from fans.
"It really has been a beingness raft," she shared. "It has felt similar a large hug from the beingness and I'm precise grateful for each of the radical who reached retired to america and extended their bosom and their connection."
Olivia died astatine the property of 73 successful August pursuing a decades-long conflict with bosom cancer. During the interview, John looked backmost astatine his wife's last days.
"She was, you know, precise aware," helium said. "I mean, it's a agelong journey, OK? But she had the willpower adjacent successful her astir hard times to truly bring successful the airy and to bring successful the emotion and she was who she was each the mode through."
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And the works medicine researcher says helium tin inactive consciousness her presence.
"Late astatine night, aboriginal successful the morning," helium replied erstwhile asked erstwhile helium feels it most. "And past you know, I mean, I'll conscionable beryllium walking astir the location oregon throwing the shot for the dogs and conscionable talk to her retired loud."
While John misses Olivia, he's besides grateful for their clip unneurotic and shared the words that person helped him arsenic helium grieves.
"A feline I was flying with said, 'You know, John, erstwhile you're fortunate capable to person recovered your existent soulmate and you stock a heart, erstwhile 1 passes, the different has the work to unrecorded beingness for both,'" helium said. "And that was precise empowering and precise almighty for maine and it gave a mode forward."
Both Chloe and John are continuing to transportation connected Olivia's legacy, including done their enactment with the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre. The icon's representation is besides kept live done her films and songs, including her "Jolene" duet with Dolly Parton that was recorded months earlier Olivia's decease and released Feb. 16.
EXCLUSIVE: The hubby and girl of Olivia Newton-John unfastened up to TODAY’s @hodakotb successful their archetypal tv interrogation since the star’s passing six months ago. https://t.co/6CbHvvOd3W pic.twitter.com/SY4hMqNUxh
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) February 17, 2023Near the extremity of the interview, John near fans with immoderate heartfelt words of wisdom.
"You're near with conscionable the connection is love," helium said. "I mean, conscionable to absorption connected the gratitude. Whatever successful beingness you person to beryllium grateful for—your friends, oregon your family, oregon the mode you feel, oregon the quality of the sunshine—and conscionable beryllium grateful and explicit emotion to the radical that you love."
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