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(WGHP) — Olivia Newton-John died at 73 on Monday morning at her home in California, according to her husband.Newton-John died of breast cancer after a 30-year battle with the disease, TMZ reports.The singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and activist won four Grammys and had five No .1 hits and ten top-10 hits. She also had two No. 1 albums in the 1970s.She is most well known for her role as Sandy Olsson in “Grease” and was passionate about the environment and animal rights.Her husband released the following statement:Dame Olivia Newton-John (73) passed away peacefully at her Ranch in Southern California this...

ONE OF A KIND - FIRST GENERATION AUDIO. This is the concert segment IN TRUE STEREO from the 1978 special "Olivia!" Just prior to shooting this segment with a live orchestra, the audio guy asked if I would like a stereo feed of the sound. Of course I said yes and fed two three-quarter inch VCRs with the special feed. Stereo TV was not available widely until the mid-1980s. After completion of the special, I manually synced the 2" master of the show to my 3/4" master and, viola, a stereo version of the concert with Andy Gibb, ABBA, and...

Olivia Newton-John has had an exorcism at her house. The 'Grease' star was rocked by the death of 41-year-old contractor Christopher Pariseletti on her property in August, so hired a Catholic priest to perform the ritual and cleanse it of bad spirits. Olivia, 64, was joined by her husband, John Easterling, and a pair of friends during the ritual, where prayers were recited and holy water distributed around the home. Christopher had worked on the property at the Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, and had a key. He is thought to have been in financial difficulty with his business facing closure,...

Maredith Walker as "Ryan Girl" Thanks to the MSM, everyone heard of the Obama Girl (pictured right) and the video she made back during the 2008 election. Well, it's 2012 and Obama Girl's desire to see Obama re-elected is fading as fast his poster on her ceiling. So why not check out a new video that was posted on YouTube this past weekend. It's called "Let's Get Fiscal", (lyrics below video) and it features Maredith Walker as a "Paul Ryan Girl" singing and aerobicizing to a reworked version of Olivia Newton John's 1980s hit "Let's Get Physical". Meredith however wants...

Chardon - A transgender woman who exercised her elderly husband to death in a swimming pool was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. Christine Newton-John worked 73-year-old James Mason's weakened heart until it gave out and stopped beating, prosecutors said. Geauga County Common Pleas Judge Forrest W. Burt told Newton-John that she showed "an indifference" to her frail husband's physical condition. The 41-year-old pleaded guilty in February to reckless homicide, a third-degree felony with a maximum penalty of five years incarceration. Newton-John apologized in a shaky voice for pushing Mason too hard on that June 2 day. A surveillance...