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Grease's Rizzo star Stockard Channing emotionally breaks her silence on Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John.This comes after the news that Olivia sadly died yesterday at the age of 73 following a long battle with breast cancer. Stockard, 78, described how she would miss Olivia “enormously” as she reflected on the star’s incredible warmth. She described Olivia, who played Sandy in the hit musical, as the “essence of summer” in a touching tribute.“I don't know if I've known a lovelier human being,” she began.“Olivia was the essence of summer – her sunniness, her warmth and her grace are what always come to mind when I think of her.“I will miss her enormously,” she added in her tear-jerking statement to People. Stockard played the ringleader of the Pink Ladies, Betty Rizzo, who at first clashed with Olivia’s goody two-shoes character Sandy Olsen. In the 1978 smash hit, the pair made a huge impression on audiences alongside leading man John Travolta, 68, who played Sandy’s love interest Danny Zuko.John was one of the first people to pay tribute to his late co-star yesterday.He wrote: “My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so much better. “Your impact was incredible. I love you so much.