Olivia Newton-John will be remembered as a «sweetheart» who was truly selfless until the very end.GRAMMY-winning singer Dionne Warwick and TV/radio personality Leeza Gibbons, two of Newton-John's closest friends, spoke to ET's Kevin Frazier and offered a glimpse of the special bond they shared with the star who died on Monday after a long battle with breast cancer.
She was 73.Warwick tells ET they first met in England when Newton-John was working on a show decades ago with the late singer Sacha Distel.«We kind of just hit it off,» the songstress recalled. «You know how girls are, and such a sweetheart.
I mean, one of the nicest people I've ever met in a long, long time. She was Olivia. I think that was the charm that she never changed.
She was Olivia.»Their friendship blossomed, and they'd appear together on Warwick's short-lived talk show,, in 1990. Warwick recalled what made performing with Newton-John so special. «It was two girlfriends on stage hanging out,» Warwick recalled of the experience. «That's exactly what it was, and that's how I'm gonna always remember it, being around her and singing with her and being a part of her life, musically especially.
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