John Easterling shares his first tribute to his late wife Olivia Newton-John on the actress’s Instagram account.

The husband of Olivia Newton-John recently gave his first public tribute on his wife’s recent death at the age of 73. Easterling talked about their love and his perception of the kind of person Newton-John was in life and as a partner. The couple had been married for 14 years prior to the Grease actress’s death.

The two were married back in 2008 and it was John who announced Olivia’s passing on Monday, August 8th, 2022, via Newton-John’s Instagram.

Olivia is survived by her husband John Easterling; daughter Chloe Lattanzi; sister Sarah Newton-John; brother Toby Newton-John; nieces and nephews Tottie, Fiona and Brett Goldsmith; Emerson, Charlie, Zac, Jeremy, Randall, and Pierz Newton-John; Jude Newton-Stock, Layla Lee; Kira and Tasha Edelstein; and Brin and Valerie Hall.

“Our love for each other transcends our understanding. Every day we expressed our gratitude for this love that could be so deep, so real, so natural. We never had to ‘work’ on it. We were in awe of this great mystery and accepted the experience of our love as past, present and forever.

At Olivia’s deepest essence she was a healer using her mediums of song, of words, of touch. She was the most courageous woman I’ve ever known. Her bandwidth for genuinely caring for people, for nature and all creatures almost eclipses what is humanely possible. It is only the grace of God that has allowed me to share the depth and passion of her being for so long. In her most difficult times she always had the spirit, the humor, and the will power to move things into the light.

Even now as her soul soars, the pain and holes in my heart are healed with the joy of her love and the light that shines forward.

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