Olivia Newton-John’s heartbroken husband and daughter will not come to Australia for her most cancers charity’s wellness stroll: ‘It is too arduous for them,’ says niece Tottie Goldsmith
Olivia Newton-John‘s grieving husband John Easterling and daughter Chloe Lattanzi won’t be coming to Australia for the annual Stroll for Wellness fundraiser held by the late actress’ most cancers charity.
Newton-John’s niece Tottie Goldsmith shared the information throughout an interview on Dawn on Wednesday, as she introduced the fundraiser will happen subsequent month in Melbourne and internationally nearly to honour the Grease star’s legacy.
The Stroll for Wellness helps the Olivia Newton-John Most cancers Wellness and Analysis Centre. The Australian entertainer died of most cancers on August 8 aged 73.
Olivia Newton-John’s grieving husband John Easterling and daughter Chloe Lattanzi won’t be coming to Australia for the annual Stroll for Wellness fundraiser held by the late actress’ most cancers charity. Newton-John, who died of most cancers on August 8 aged 73, is pictured in August 2018
‘I do not assume John and Chloe are going to make it. It is too arduous for them in the meanwhile; it is too quickly,’ Goldsmith instructed Dawn hosts Natalie Barr and David Koch.
‘However we have Toby Newton-John, her brother, coming down, my sister coming down – all of the household which might be on the bottom right here [in Australia], and all of the individuals who beloved her.
‘It is going to be actually highly effective and actually stunning.’
Goldsmith added that ‘everybody that has met’ Newton-John ‘is aware of she’ll be there’ in spirit and they are going to be ‘sending love and lightweight’ to everybody.
She additionally confirmed plans have been in place for Olivia’s state funeral in Victoria, however it’s a ‘fluid factor’ and she or he ‘cannot announce something but’.
Newton-John’s niece Tottie Goldsmith (pictured in February) shared the information throughout an interview on Dawn on Wednesday, as she introduced the fundraiser will happen subsequent month in Melbourne and internationally nearly to honour the Grease star’s legacy
Goldsmith continued: ‘Chloe and John must grieve privately, as you’ll be able to think about. [Getting] on a airplane or flying out right here… could be chaotic for them.
‘They only need to be of their hearts and their soul and undergo this like regular folks, however we’ll positively be doing [the charity walk] for everybody in love together with her.’
Goldsmith additionally stated she wished to ‘unfold the message’ of most cancers prevention and care on a world stage to proceed her late aunt’s legacy.
The Stroll for Wellness helps the Olivia Newton-John Most cancers Wellness and Analysis Centre
‘We’re going to maintain her legacy alive if it is the very last thing I do,’ she stated.
‘The stroll goes to be stunning. She beloved canines so there’s going to be a great deal of canines. We need to encourage this stroll all around the world.’
Goldsmith’s feedback come two weeks after Newton-John died following a 30-year battle with breast most cancers.
Goldsmith’s feedback come two weeks after Newton-John died following a 30-year battle with breast most cancers. (Pictured L-R: John Easterling, Olivia Newton-John, and Tottie Goldsmith)
The star died peacefully on the age of 73 at her dwelling in southern California, surrounded by household and pals. Her husband John Easterling introduced her loss of life on her Fb web page.
Goldsmith is finest referred to as a member of the pop group Chantoozies, who had hits with their songs Witch Queen, He is Gonna Step On You Once more, Wanna Be Up and Love the One You are With within the late Nineteen Eighties and early Nineties.
Her father Brian Goldsmith, a famend nightclub proprietor and restaurateur in Melbourne, died in 2020. Her mom is Newton-John’s sister Rona.
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta are seen right here within the iconic 1978 film Grease that catapulted her profession. He was among the many first to pay tribute to her on Monday
Goldsmith appeared together with her aunt at G’day USA gala in Los Angeles in 2020, the place the Xanadu star spoke candidly about her most cancers prognosis.
In certainly one of her final purple carpet appearances, the Australian icon admitted she refused even to consider most cancers each day.
Newton-John, famed for her position as Sandy within the 1978 movie Grease, in addition to her stellar music profession, referred to as life ‘a present’ irrespective of the end result.
