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Olivia Newton-John, ‘Grease’ Star and ‘Physical’ Singer, Dies at 73

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Chris Morris Music ReporterOlivia Newton-John, the top female pop vocalist of the 1970s who starred in movies including “Grease” and “Xanadu,” died Monday.

She was 73.Her husband posted the news on her official Facebook page, writing:Chart historian Joel Whitburn ranked the warm-voiced Australia-bred singer as the No.

1 female soloist of the ‘70s. Her nine top-10 singles of the decade included three chart-topping 45s; the biggest of them, “You’re the One That I Want,” a duet with John Travolta drawn from the smash 1978 soundtrack of the musical “Grease,” spent nearly six months on the U.S.

lists. Newton-John remained a potent commercial force into the ‘80s; she logged the biggest hit of her career, “Physical,” in 1981.

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