Amid Cancer Battle, Olivia Newton-John Launches Foundation

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Olivia Newton-John is currently battling cancer for the third time.

Newton-John previously battled cancer twice in 1992 and 2013, but in 2017, she found out she had Stage 4 breast cancer and it had spread to her bones.

Instead of just focusing on her own battle, she has started a foundation with hopes of helping hundreds, maybe thousands of people who are fighting just like her.

We are proud to announce the establishment of the Olivia Newton-John Foundation. With your help, we will realise a world beyond cancer,” the foundation’s first Instagram post read.

In the clip, the singer-actress said, “I’m probably one of those people living beyond cancer. Living beyond probably what people expected to happen.

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Newton-John has been a longtime supporter of cancer survivors and fighters, opening up a wellness center in Melbourne, Australia.

“Life is a gift and I’ve had an amazing life and I intend to keep going with it and I want to help other people with cancer of course,” she said in the past. “I have my wellness center in Melbourne and I want to see it in my lifetime so other people don’t have to suffer.”

After launching the Olivia Newton-John Foundation on October 5, she got some support from Julianne Hough, who followed in her footsteps by playing Sandy in Fox’s Grease Live! in 2016.

I am so honored to call [Olivia Newton-John] my friend. At a time when we are all so aware of the need to nurture ourselves and those around us, Olivia needs your support. As a three-time “cancer thriver” herself, she has just started her new foundation to find kinder ways to treat, prevent and cure all cancers, with a strong focus on plant medicine,” she wrote. “Please follow @onjfoundation and support her dream of realising a world beyond cancer, and head to the link in my bio to learn more.”

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Watch CBS Sunday Morning’s profile on her in 2019, where she opens up about fighting cancer for the third time.