Olivia Newton-John revealed in her autobiography the devastating particulars of her first most cancers prognosis and why she saved it from her daughter Chloe Lattanzi.
The beloved Aussie icon, who died on Monday aged 73, penned a memoir in 2017 and opened up about her battle with most cancers which began in 1992.
In it, she stated she’d discovered a lump throughout a self-examination of her breasts and pushed her physician to run a number of exams which got here again destructive – till the ultimate one.
Olivia Newton-John (pictured) revealed in her autobiography the devastating particulars of her first most cancers prognosis and why she saved it from her daughter Chloe Lattanzi
On July 3, 1992, Olivia’s husband on the time, Matt Lattanzi, now 63, was contacted by her physician because the pair modified flights in Seattle.
Dr. Phillips stated he wished to see Olivia in particular person, alluding to the unhealthy information, however Matt saved the potential prognosis a secret from her because it was already a day of heartache.
Olivia’s father, Brinley, had been very unwell with liver most cancers when he died on July 3.
The beloved Aussie icon, who died on Monday aged 73, penned a memoir in 2017 and opened up about her battle with most cancers which began in 1992. Olivia is pictured performing in 1992
She had visited him on his sickbed solely days earlier than however needed to go away for Los Angeles to attend rehearsals for her world tour.
‘I instructed him I’d be again quickly however all evening lengthy on that airplane trip residence I cried and cried,’ Olivia wrote in her e book. ‘In my coronary heart, I knew I might by no means see my father once more — and I used to be proper.’
She went on to disclose in her memoir, Don’t Cease Believing, the second her daughter Chloe Lattanzi, 36, came upon her mom had breast most cancers on the age of six.
On July 3, 1992, Olivia’s husband on the time, Matt Lattanzi, 63, was contacted by her physician because the pair modified flights in Seattle. . Phillips stated he wished to see Olivia in particular person, alluding to the unhealthy information, however Matt saved the potential prognosis a secret because it was already a tough day for her
The younger lady had ‘misplaced her finest buddy Colette to most cancers’, so Olivia selected to maintain the prognosis a secret from her at first, regardless of having introduced it publicly.
Sadly, on Chloe’s first day again in school in Australia, she came upon the devastating information from her friends.
Olivia wrote: ‘After I picked Chloe up after her very first day, she was crying.
‘”Mummy, Mummy! One among my buddies stated you’ve gotten most cancers. Is it true?” I held her, instructed her it was true, however that now I used to be higher and the most cancers was gone.’
She went on to disclose the second her daughter Chloe Newton-John, 36, (proper) came upon her mom had breast most cancers at age six from her buddies in school. The younger lady had ‘misplaced her finest buddy Colette to most cancers’, so Olivia selected to maintain the prognosis a secret from her at first
The Grease star went on to say her little lady had been crushed by the omission, telling her mom, ‘I might have taken care of you.’
She believed it was the beginning of the ‘belief points’ Chloe struggled with later in life.
Olivia died peacefully in her residence in Southern California on Monday morning, surrounded by household and buddies.
It got here after a courageous and terribly public decades-long battle with most cancers wherein she was recognized 3 times in 1992, 2013 and, for a last time, in 2017.
Olivia died peacefully in her residence in Southern California on Monday morning, surrounded by household and buddies. (Pictured with husband John Easterling in a throwback picture she posted on Friday simply three days earlier than she handed away)
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