“Olivia has been a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer,” John Easterling, her husband, wrote Monday in announcing her death."Her healing inspiration and pioneering experience with plant medicine continues with the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, dedicated to researching plant medicine and cancer."Her decadeslong fight included a partial mastectomy, chemotherapy and breast reconstruction, Newton-John said.
In recent years, she was a vocal advocate for plant-based treatments and pushed the medical community to take them more seriously She used cannabis, she said, but the world of alternative medicine was much more than that."Plants and herbs that my husband has introduced me to … helped strengthen my body," she told"TODAY."Tracey Haslam / Newspix via Getty Images fileNewton-John hoped the research she funded would help the medical community “know what works,” she told “TODAY.
She also believed in the power of positive thinking and its effect on healing and recovery, and she often shared her optimism with the world.
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