She’s the one that we want: Olivia Newton-John, 1948–2022.
BEFORE WALKING THE halls of Rydell High School in Grease in 1978, Olivia Newton-John was a wholesome, Grammy-winning country singer with seven US number-one singles under her belt. Yet as Sandy — aka the painfully prim Sandra Dee — Newton-John turned in an astonishing, surprising and career-defining performance. We hail three of the key moments.