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Art
08-08-2022, 02:47
She was diagnosed with breast cancer 30 years ago and the disease finally got her. I liked her music and a friend who met her professionally said she seemed a genuinely nice lady.

bruce
08-08-2022, 03:16
Very much regret to read of her death. Very sad. Yesterday Judith Durham of The Seekers died. Both were very excellent vocalists. Sincerely. bruce.

Allen
08-08-2022, 03:29
I kept up with both of them.

Olivia had a beautiful, soft, feminine voice.

Judith as well. Dusty Springfield's brother wrote this song and others for the Seekers. It was done in 1964, hit #1 in the UK so they did a TV special of it in 1968 at Abbey Road Studios. See if this don't make you feel old. This little girl has grown up and died @ 79.

Remember it was hard to get on the charts back then with the Beatles and the British invasion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZf41UudAbI

Art
08-08-2022, 03:39
Terrible week for Australian lady singers. I posted this previously but I think its worth another go today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjYEskzWt6I

Art
08-08-2022, 04:08
We need some Olivia. Here she is on Austin City Limits' (I seem to be putting up some Brits/Aussies from Austin City Limits lately.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_qjJR885cs

Merc
08-09-2022, 07:13
My favorite was Magic from 1980. She was a great singer and a beautiful lady.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=magic+by+olivia+newton-john&mkt=en-us&httpsmsn=1&msnews=1&rec_search=1&refig=8364c482aa334ae5bfbf696dd951cc65&sp=1&qs=MT&pq=magic+by+ol&sk=PRES1&sc=10-11&cvid=8364c482aa334ae5bfbf696dd951cc65&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dmagic%2bby%2bolivia%2bnewton-john%26form%3dPRUSEN%26mkt%3den-us%26httpsmsn%3d1%26msnews%3d1%26rec_search%3d1%26 refig%3d8364c482aa334ae5bfbf696dd951cc65%26sp%3d1% 26qs%3dMT%26pq%3dmagic%2bby%2bol%26sk%3dPRES1%26sc %3d10-11%26cvid%3d8364c482aa334ae5bfbf696dd951cc65&view=detail&mmscn=vwrc&mid=C64A9DB8B76965B24721C64A9DB8B76965B24721&FORM=WRVORC

Mark in Ottawa
08-12-2022, 09:08
Her grandfather, Max Born, was a well known physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1954. He is considered to be the "father" of quantum mechanics

Allen
08-12-2022, 11:14
Her grandfather, Max Born, was a well known physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1954. He is considered to be the "father" of quantum mechanics

+1

And her father was an M15 British codebreaker, a spy.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11094395/Spies-Blackadder-Nobel-Prizes-incredible-family-Olivia-Newton-John.html