What is the probability that two of Australia’s biggest music stars came together in the same primary school?
Together with a school photo of the late Olivia Newton-John horses Hit producer Daryl Brathwaite has surfaced, revealing the little-known fact that the two went to school together.
Braithwaite, 73, shared a photo of a black-and-white class taken at Melbourne’s Christ Church Grammar School in 1961 – nearly 15 years before Newton-John rose to global superstardom. grease,
“It’s a lovely shot to look back on when Olivia was at[school]with all her friends in 1961. Olivia is second from the right and third from the bottom,” Braithwaite wrote.
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He continued: “She also loved all animals and was a beautiful soul who left a legacy that will last forever.”
Before Newton-John moved to London in his teens, Braithwaite previously opened up about how the two were briefly “boyfriend and girlfriend” while attending school.
“She was one of the prettiest girls in the class, (we were) 11 or 12 I think,” he said. the morning show in 2017.
“I don’t know how, we’d be sitting next to each other and thought, ‘Oh yeah, that’s cool’ and we were talking and then we held hands and then it was over.”
He further opened up about the pair going to school in an interview to love nowin 2020.
“Olivia I wouldn’t mind saying that we started out as boyfriend and girlfriend when we were about 12 or 13,” he said.
“We held hands and we were in the same class. But then it all fell apart. I think she left and went to England. I never really knew she could sing at the time. ,
At the time, Braithwaite said that old friends were still connecting after all these years.
“It’s one of those friendships where there was a decade, or maybe more, where we didn’t talk to each other, mainly because we were too busy or whatever, but in the past year I’ve had more contact with him.” more than ever, and she’s lovely, she really is,” she said.
Newton-John died Tuesday at the age of 73 on his farm in California, after a decades-long battle with breast cancer.
She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992. It went into remission but reappeared in 2013 and again in 2017. At one point she said that she was “in denial” about the disease, partly because if she paid too much attention to it it would mean she “would not be able to enjoy life”.
Her family, including husband John Easterling and daughter Chloe Latanzi, have accepted a proposal for a state funeral to honor Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ legacy and celebrate his life.