A particular memorial service for Olivia Newton-John can be held in Victoria, Australia, the place the star grew up. Throughout a information convention this week, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews mentioned Newton-John's household accepted his supply for a state service and will probably be "far more of a live performance than a funeral."
On the Australian information present "A Present Affair" earlier this week, Newton-John's niece, Tottie Goldsmith, spoke concerning the star's closing days and the state service. "On behalf of not simply our household, however I feel Australia wants it," Goldsmith mentioned. "She's so liked and I feel our nation wants it so we'll settle for it."
Monuments and buildings throughout Australia had been lit up in pink to honor the star after she died on Monday at age 73.
Newton-John's daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, shared a number of touching posts about her mother on Instagram this week. "You might be my lighthouse mama. My protected place. My coronary heart area," Lattanzi wrote in a single submit. "It has been my honor and continues to be my honor to be your child and greatest pal. You might be an angel on earth and everybody touched by you has been blessed. I like you endlessly my life giver, my trainer, my mama."
The star's husband, John Easterling, additionally posted a shifting tribute. "Our love for one another transcends our understanding," he wrote on Newton-John's Instagram web page. "On daily basis we expressed our gratitude for this love that could possibly be so deep, so actual, so pure. We by no means needed to 'work' on it. We had been in awe of this nice thriller and accepted the expertise of our love as previous, current and endlessly."
Easterling referred to as his spouse "he most brave girl I've ever recognized."
"In her most tough instances she at all times had the spirit, the humor, and the need energy to maneuver issues into the sunshine," he mentioned.
Newton-John first battled breast most cancers in 1992 – her analysis got here the identical weekend her father died of most cancers. She underwent a partial mastectomy, chemotherapy and breast reconstruction to deal with it, and battled most cancers a number of extra instances.
She helped discovered the ONJ Most cancers Wellness and Analysis Centre in Victoria. The middle additionally plans to carry a memorial so employees, sufferers and their households pays their respects to Newton-John.
CBS Information has reached out to Andrews for extra info on the state service and is awaiting response.