Olivia Newton-John's selfless final wish
Olivia Newton-John's final wishes have been revealed by her husband, as the star continued to lobby for fair and equal medical treatment until her final days.
Olivia's husband, John Easterling, shared that Olivia wanted other patients to have the same access to alternative treatments that she felt "privileged" to be able to use.
Speaking with the Herald Sun, John said, "Her dream with the Olivia Newton-John Wellness Centre was to have Australians going through cancer have access to the similar types of treatments."
According to John, treatments such as medicinal cannabis "undoubtedly extended Olivia's life and gave her quality of life.
For much of her life, Olivia lobbied for politicians to change regulations around medicinal cannabis to make it available to patients at Melbourne's ONJ Cancer Wellness and Research Centre.
Olivia publicly advocated for alternative treatments even in her final hours and John noted his late wife didn't need "toxic chemicals or addictive painkillers" to manage her terminal illness.
John also revealed to The Herald Sun that Olivia was "pain free" and "cheerful and joyful" in her final days.
After her first breast cancer diagnosis in 1992, Olivia tried herbal formulas, meditation and "focused on a vision of complete wellness," which inspired Olivia to establish the institution after wanting to "help others going through the same journey".
Olivia died after losing her decades-long battle with breast cancer in August.
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