John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.Photo: Paramount/Rso/Kobal/Shutterstock
From Friday morning a total of 135 AMC theatres across the United States will play her 1978 filmGrease, with tickets costing just $5 each. A percentage of the box office takings will then go towards breast cancer research.
Aaron Adam, CEO of AMC theaters, made the special announcementon TwitterWednesday.
“To honor the late Olivia Newton-John: many of our U.S. theatres this weekend will show her classic 1978 hit movieGrease, again on the big screen,” he wrote. “Through our charity, AMC Cares, we will donate $1 per sold ticket to breast cancer research,”
Newton-John was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992. Despite initial successful treatment, it returned twice and spread further throughout her body.
In May 2017, the singer-songwriter and actress announced that she was diagnosed with breast cancer that hadmetastasized to the sacrum. Her team said that Newton-John would be completing photon radiation therapy, in addition to natural wellness therapies after consulting with her medical team at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
Olivia Newton-John.John Sciulli/Getty
Newton-John was known to refer to herself as a “cancer thriver,” acknowledging that she led a full life despite her diagnosis, ultimately living another five years.
The four-time Grammy winner was 73 years old when she passed on August 8.
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“My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so much better,” Travolta captioneda throwback photoof Newton-John. “Your impact was incredible. I love you so much. We will see you down the road and we will all be together again.”
“Yours from the moment I saw you and forever! Your Danny, your John!” he concluded.
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Travolta — whose wifeKelly Prestonalsodied of breast cancer, in 2020 — and Newton-John remained close over the years since starring inGreaseas iconic lovebirds Danny and Sandy, two teens who couldn’t be more different but formed an unlikely romance.
InPEOPLE’sGrease!40th-anniversary special editionissue the previous year, Travolta and Newton-John discussed their enduring friendship since making the classic musical film.
“When you share that kind of meteoric success — and nothing has been able to exceed it — you share a bond,” said Travolta, adding that he still texted with Newton-John. “I’ve been through her having a child, getting divorced, losing her sister. She’s been through my getting married, having children. It’s wonderful and full of shared memories.”
“Wedid something life-changing, making that film,” Newton-John remarked. “[At the premiere] you got the feeling from the energy that something was happening. It was a huge response.”
She added of Travolta, “I feel grateful to be a part of that and to have worked with him. We’ve stayed friends ever since.”
source: people.com
