> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # RIP, Olivia Newton-John - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/rip-olivia-newton-john/ - Published: 2022-08-09T13:45:04.000Z - Updated: 2022-08-09T21:00:17.000Z - Author: Heather - Tags: fugs, #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:20 ## Pat and Olivia, 1966 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-146251338-1660008718.jpg) LONDON - CIRCA 1966: Singing duo Pat and Olivia (L-R Olivia Newton-John and Pat Carroll) pose for a portrait at home circa 1966 in London, England. (Photo by Cyrus Andrews/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Olivia and Pat Carroll -- not the Pat Carroll who played Ursula the Sea Witch, who coincidentally also just passed -- were duet partners at the start of their careers. Wikipedia says Pat frequently sang backup on Olivia's solo stuff and it sounds like they remained really close. This photo of them in one of their bedrooms, with some stuffed animals, is about the purest thing ever. Pat was 20; Olivia, 18. ## Undated ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_14598b-1660006505.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Graves/Shutterstock (14598b) OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN VARIOUS Fug Nation approved! ## Undated ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_371857bq-1660006577.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alan Messer/Shutterstock (371857bq) Olivia Newton-John VARIOUS You know how much I love photos of people through things -- in this case a stone staircase railing, I think? ## Undated ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_203015ds-1660006567.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dezo Hoffman/Shutterstock (203015ds) Olivia Newton-John Various This could as easily be her senior yearbook pic. ## Undated ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_133333su-1660006557.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dezo Hoffman/Shutterstock (133333su) Olivia Newton-John VARIOUS That smile was unchanged through her whole life. ## 1970 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-75611992-1660008708.jpg) Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John wearing a heavy fur coat outside the Savoy Hotel in London, circa 1970\. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) This photo is called "Olivia in Fur," and once again, we are about to be reminded that promotional photos of this era were a lot more fun than they are now. These days, it's just getting papped leaving GMA. ## 1970 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_4366353d-1660006726.jpg) Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (4366353d) Olivia Newton-John 'Toomorrow' Film. - 1970 Dying aliens kidnap the group Toomorrow who's "vibrations" are needed for their race to survive. Here, she's doing promotional shoots for a "science fiction musical" called Toomorrow -- not a typo -- that was written around her band. It also features Shakira Caine, aka the woman currently married to Michael, and legendary British actor Roy Dotrice (who fathered Karen Dotrice, aka Jane Banks from Mary Poppins). FACTS ARE FUN. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_4366353p-1660006755.jpg) Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (4366353p) Olivia Newton John 'Toomorrow' Film. - 1970 Dying aliens kidnap the group Toomorrow who's "vibrations" are needed for their race to survive. WHEEEEE! ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_4366353q-1660006764.jpg) Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (4366353q) Olivia Newton-John 'Toomorrow' Film. - 1970 Dying aliens kidnap the group Toomorrow who's "vibrations" are needed for their race to survive. She looks like a mod air hostess. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_4366353m-1660006745.jpg) Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (4366353m) Olivia Newton-John 'Toomorrow' Film. - 1970 Dying aliens kidnap the group Toomorrow who's "vibrations" are needed for their race to survive. "Please, dear Lord, can this movie not be the worst thing I ever do." (I have no idea if it was good or not; [it was beset by weird legal issues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toomorrow%5F%28film%29?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) and rarely seen.) ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_4366353a-1660006684.jpg) Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (4366353a) Olivia Newton-John 'Toomorrow' Film. - 1970 Dying aliens kidnap the group Toomorrow who's "vibrations" are needed for their race to survive. See? Things photographed through other things! It works. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_4366353h-1660006736.jpg) Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (4366353h) Olivia Newton John 'Toomorrow' Film. - 1970 Dying aliens kidnap the group Toomorrow who's "vibrations" are needed for their race to survive. "Olivia, just lean on the ch... you know what, no, it's too short, we can do better." ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_4366353c-1660006711.jpg) Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (4366353c) Olivia Newton John 'Toomorrow' Film. - 1970 Dying aliens kidnap the group Toomorrow who's "vibrations" are needed for their race to survive. "Never mind, we could not do better." ## Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_36049b-1660006518.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Clive Dix/Shutterstock (36049b) CLIFF RICHARD AND OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN VARIOUS - 1971 Sir Cliff had Olivia on his TV show quite a bit, and they must have been pals, because he sings on "Suddenly" on the Xanadu soundtrack. ## 1972 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_4735003br-1660006773.jpg) Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (4735003br) Olivia Newton John 'Lift Off' TV Programme. - 1972 For 1972, this set probably broke the budget. ## 1974 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_50509c-1660006530.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Robert Taylor/Shutterstock (50509c) Olivia Newton-John Various - 1974 Her smile might be my constant. The Penny to my Desmond. ## 1974 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_51820c-1660006539.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chris Foster/Shutterstock (51820c) Olivia Newton-John VARIOUS - 1974 Does this say JEANS MACHINE? Or maybe JEAN, singular? If you are a JEAN MACHINE, is that only one pant leg, or you just mass-produce a lot of people named Jean? ## ONJ ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_1443901a-1660006621.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Monty Fresco/ANL/Shutterstock (1443901a) Olivia Newton-john Counting Votes For The Eurovision Song Contest No Date Given Olivia Newton-john Counting Votes For The Eurovision Song Contest No Date Given I was going to say that this photo makes me wonder if celebrities miss the era of getting fan mail in actual tangible envelopes, versus someone DM'ing you on social media. Then I read the caption, and apparently she was pretending to count votes for the Eurovision Song Contest. She repped the UK in 1974, and the country got to vote on which song she performed. ## 1974 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_573109gh-1660006601.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dezo Hoffman/Shutterstock (573109gh) Olivia Newton-John singing 'Long Live Love' representing United Kingdom in Eurovision Song Contest, Brighton, Britain Various A tune called "Long Live Love" won, which she apparently did not like, but she killed it and came in fourth... behind ABBA, who won with "Waterloo." Hard to complain about that result. She looks lovely. But, not enough FIRE CANNONS, of course. ## 1975 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1222745626-1660008748.jpg) JANUARY 01: Actress and singer Olivia Newton-John films her first music video for her 1975 pop single 'Follow Me' from the album 'Have You Never Been Mellow' in 1975 (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images) (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images) This is from the shoot for her "Follow Me" video. Clearly she, too, had read Lady of Shallott and wanted the same experience Anne Shirley recreated. ## 1978 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_5886160k-1660006908.jpg) Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paramount/Rso/Kobal/Shutterstock (5886160k) Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta Grease - 1978 Director: Randal Kleiser Paramount/Rso USA Film Portrait Grease (1978) Look at these two. ## Grease - 1978 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_5886160br-1660006862.jpg) Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paramount/Rso/Kobal/Shutterstock (5886160br) John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John Grease - 1978 Director: Randal Kleiser Paramount/Rso USA Scene Still Grease (1978) Sandy! You were always better than Danny Zuko. You deserved a Cool Rider. ## Grease - 1978 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_5886160j-1660006894.jpg) Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paramount/Rso/Kobal/Shutterstock (5886160j) Olivia Newton-John Grease - 1978 Director: Randal Kleiser Paramount/Rso USA Film Portrait Grease (1978) I will forever love Grease for being the ONLY movie in which the heroine attains true coolness by going from straight hair to curly. ## Grease - 1978 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_5886160e-1660006877.jpg) Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paramount/Rso/Kobal/Shutterstock (5886160e) Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta Grease - 1978 Director: Randal Kleiser Paramount/Rso USA Lobby Card/Poster Grease (1978) These are two extremely pretty people who absolutely did not need someone to deface them by adding More Sharpie. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-74273691-1660008697.jpg) UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of Grease Premier Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Of course they went in costume to the premiere. I assume the studio made them do this. Neither one looks enthused. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_5139922b-1660006785.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Bei/Shutterstock (5139922b) Olivia Newton-John 'Grease' Christmas Party December 12, 1978:Los Angeles, CA. Olivia Newton-John 'Grease' Christmas Party Photo®Berliner Studio/BEImages This was captioned "Grease Christmas Party" and Olivia looks great. She's Brenda Walsh style inspo before Brenda was even a glint in Jim Walsh's eye. ## 1980 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_1650756a-1660006636.jpg) Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Moviestore/Shutterstock (1650756a) Xanadu, Olivia Newton-john, Andy Gibb Film and Television If you need a tutorial on how to fall in love on roller skates, here you go. God dammit, Xanadu, why are you so great. ## Xanadu ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-505630865-1660008728.jpg) CIRCA 1979: Michael Beck paints as Olivia Newton-John looks on in a scene in the Universal Studio movie "Xanadu" circa 1979\. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Sonny's job in this movie is to paint album covers, but... bigger. Maybe that was similar to the job of the poor person who ruined the Grease photo. Sonny Malone, WAS IT YOU? (Yes, that's her on the cover; she photobombed it so that it would draw Sonny to her. He wasn't really worth it but that's okay.) ## ONJ and Gene Kelly ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_5878495f-1660006847.jpg) Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock (5878495f) Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly Xanadu - 1980 Director: Robert Greenwald Universal USA Scene Still Xanadu is Gene Kelly's last big-screen role, and he's delightful in it. These two seemed to enjoy each other, and WHY NOT. ## Xanadu - 1980 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_5878495b-1660006813.jpg) Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock (5878495b) Gene Kelly, Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck Xanadu - 1980 Director: Robert Greenwald Universal USA Scene Still This photo is AMAZING for the fact that clearly none of them were actually together -- or at least not standing this near to each other -- and Olivia looks like she's carrying a Gene Kelly cardboard cutout. ## Xanadu - 1980 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_5878495d-1660006829.jpg) Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock (5878495d) Michael Beck, Gene Kelly, Olivia Newton-John Xanadu - 1980 Director: Robert Greenwald Universal USA Scene Still As a child, I genuinely thought "glitz" was a real brand of clothes and that a Franchised Glitz Dealer was something I'd see in the U.S. ## Xanadu ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-505631407-1660008739.jpg) CIRCA 1979: Olivia Newton-John dances in a scene in the Universal Studio movie "Xanadu" circa 1979\. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) The final musical number is a TRULY wild array of costumes. Maybe I will still recap it. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_11727794a-1660006983.jpg) Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Moviestore/Shutterstock (11727794a) Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-John photoshoot Seriously, though, look at this gorgeous angel. Kira was my everything. ## Xanadu - 1980 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_5878495a-1660006804.jpg) Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock (5878495a) Olivia Newton-John Xanadu - 1980 Director: Robert Greenwald Universal USA Lobby Card/Poster BUT NOT IN THIS POSTER. She looks more like Morgan Fairchild? ## Matt Lattanzi Olivia Newton John and John Stamos --1980 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_10269841a-1660006936.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by John Barrett/Shutterstock (10269841a) Matt Lattanzi Olivia Newton John and John Stamos USA New York City Matt Lattanzi Olivia Newton John and John Stamos 1980 And here she looks weirdly like Meg Ryan. ## 1980 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_481524gz-1660006586.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andre Csillag/Shutterstock (481524gz) Olivia Newton-John IN LONDON, BRITAIN - OCT 1980 VARIOUS Looks like Olivia went through a dinglehopper phase just like Ariel did. ## Olivia Newton-John - 1981 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_5862023a-1660006794.jpg) Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by 20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock (5862023a) Olivia Newton-John (1981) Olivia Newton-John - 1981 20th Century Fox Portrait I giggle every time I see this. It's like Princess Diana doing really bad yoga. ## Bruce Vilanch, ONJ- 1992 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_10646295bp-1660006953.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (10646295bp) Olivia Newton -John - World Music Awards 1992 Various - 1992 Bruce Vilanch, legendary writer of cheesy awards-show patter, is one of my best random celebrity sightings (we were standing behind him in line to buy movie tickets at The Grove). No one below a certain age gets it and the ones that do are like, "OHHHHHH." ## 1998 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_6494245e-1660006921.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Reed Saxon/AP/Shutterstock (6494245e) NEWTON-JOHN Olivia Newton-John arrives at the 33rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards, in Universal City, Calif COUNTRY AWARDS, UNIVERSAL CITY, USA I just liked this photo. ## 2005 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_677127m-1660006611.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ben Smith/Shutterstock (677127m) Olivia Newton-John Posed celebrities - 2005 She looks so good here. Casual and perfect. ## 2012 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_2195700a-1660006654.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (2195700a) Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-John in concert in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, America - 23 Feb 2012 A triumph among neckties. ## Olivia Newton-John wax figure unveiled, Madame Tussauds, Las Vegas, America - 09 Aug 2014 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_4072868h-1660006667.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Broadimage/Shutterstock (4072868h) Olivia Newton-John and her wax figure Olivia Newton-John wax figure unveiled, Madame Tussauds, Las Vegas, America - 09 Aug 2014 Entertainer Olivia Newton-John strikes a pose side-by side with her brand new Madame Tussauds Hollywood wax figure Her waxwork sadly looks more like Jenny McCarthy. I hope she secretly melted it later. ## 2020 ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_11018208aw-1660006966-scaled.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (11018208aw) Dame Olivia Newton-John 'Loose Women' TV Show, London, UK - 16 Nov 2020 And this is the last photo we had of her, before her passing. Dame Olivia radiated the same joy she always did, whether she was in deep with cancer or in remission. She will be so missed. [One Year Later: Still R.I.P., Olivia Newton-JohnMay she at last be in Xanadu.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2022/08/shutterstock_editorial_14598b-1660006505.jpg)](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/r-i-p-olivia-newton-john-08-2023/)