It's been six months since we lost Australia's sweetheart, Olivia Newton-John and this Sunday her celebrity friends and family will be among thousands to pay tribute at a state memorial in Melbourne.
Didi Conn starred as Frenchy alongside Newton-John in her breakout role, in the 1978 musical Grease, and became emotional remembering the woman who became a decades-long friend.
"It's not good when you can't talk, you know, on a talk show," Conn told Today Extra as she tried to compose herself.
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Conn revealed the first scene she filmed with Newton-John the Aussie was actually quite nervous, but that was the moment they became great friends.
"We were waiting for them to set up the shot and I just looked at her and she was shaking," she said.
"I said 'Oh, Sandy, I'm so happy to have a friend from Australia, tell me all about Australia' and she looked at me like 'is this in the script?'"
But Newton-John cottoned on that Conn was improvising and by the time the cameras started rolling she was much more comfortable thanks to that little bit of help.
"When the scene ended, she hugged me and that was the beginning of our friendship," she said.
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Conn and Newton-John shared over 40 years of friendship and she revealed one of the last sweet moments she got to share with her.
"I hadn't spoken to her in a couple of months and I called her and she said, 'why haven't we spoken?'," Conn said.
Conn had been unwell recently and Newton-John was in hospital with a broken leg.
"The next day I received this gorgeous orchid plant, it was beautiful with so many buds," she said.
"The day before she left Earth, one of the buds fell down and I thought, oh no, and sure enough, I heard the news.
"But her beauty will last forever, in everyone's heart, because she had the biggest heart, she was the most beautiful person."
A livestream of Dame Olivia Newton-John's State Memorial Service will begin at 3.25pm on Sunday, February 26, 2023.
The official service will be held at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, at 4.00pm and you can watch it live on Channel 9 and 9Now.
See what else Didi Conn had to share about her friendship with Olivia Newton-John in the video above
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2023-02-25 01:29:40Z
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