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Speaker 1: And Whipper Podcast to start the show on a more

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Speaker 1: somber note as we reflect and celebrate the life of

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Speaker 1: Olivia Newton John after her passing early this morning.

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Speaker 2: Didn't know she was a dame as well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, she's Olivia Newton John, age seventy three years old.

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Speaker 1: We know that she'd been battling breast cancer and then

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Speaker 1: been tributes and we spoke to Olivia and Chloe, her daughter,

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Speaker 1: not that long ago on the show, I think even

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Speaker 1: last year. We'll play a little bit of that in

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Speaker 1: tribute later on today, but we will be celebrating her

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Speaker 1: life throughout the show, and we'll make all efforts to

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Speaker 1: get in touch with people that were close to her,

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Speaker 1: including Richard Wilkins and Delta Goodrum who played her in

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Speaker 1: the movie as well.

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Speaker 2: She was what a.

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Speaker 3: Career I mean, I mean everyone knows it from Greece

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Speaker 3: and that just her career exploded after that. But you know,

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Speaker 3: I remember as a young boy watching the physical film Creeper.

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Speaker 1: Yes she won, so you sort of forget that stuff.

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Speaker 2: Extraordinary massive. Actually, Sarah just came up with a good

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Speaker 3: John Travolda that poor guy, he's lost two wives to

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Speaker 3: bruce cancer.

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Speaker 2: Now Olivia and Newton. John's been lost to Bruce cancer, one.

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Speaker 1: Of his very best friends in the world. Yeah, very

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Speaker 1: satastic son as well, the poor man. You know what's

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Speaker 1: interesting too, I think fits what you're saying about Greece

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Speaker 1: is that's when it came into our world, That's when

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Speaker 1: it was our age, and the movie came out, and

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Speaker 1: that's what launched her onto a larger scale internationally. But

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Speaker 1: prior to that, our mum and dad. I think my

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Speaker 1: dad had a crush on her for a very long

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Speaker 1: time because she was singing from such an early age,

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Speaker 1: such an iconic scene.

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Speaker 2: It's just gorgeous, you know.

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Speaker 3: And yeah, no, it's sad day today, So tell me,

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Speaker 3: can we play a couple of songs today?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, we will and we'll Yeah, remember her very fond.

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Speaker 2: She was great.

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Speaker 1: Remember sixty minutes in an interview a while ago. I

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Speaker 1: think Carl Stefanovic did the interview, and she was still

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Speaker 1: battling her disease and the fight was still very much

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Speaker 1: in front of her, but she was in the Blue Mountains.

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Speaker 1: She'd found comfort as well with what was going on.

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Speaker 1: She was meditating a lot, and she was extremely peaceful.

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Speaker 1: I think to where she came to with her disease.

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Speaker 1: Although you know it's resulted as it has today, you

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Speaker 1: know she was at peace with it.

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Speaker 3: So she passed away peacefully at her ranch in southern California.

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Speaker 2: She was surrounded by family and friends.

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Speaker 3: So we're going to be speaking about Olivia we like

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Speaker 3: we said, we'll try to get Dicky on and speak

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Speaker 3: to a few of her friends and people that knew

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Speaker 3: her well throughout the show. One man who performed a

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Speaker 3: song with her back in two thousand and two on

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Speaker 3: her album Duets. The song was called I Will be

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Speaker 3: right Here is David Campbell, good friend of the show,

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Speaker 3: and DC joins us.

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Speaker 2: Now, Good morning, Dave, Good morning mate.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us so early. There's a lot for

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Speaker 2: Mate.

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Speaker 1: Can you take us through before we get to the

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Speaker 1: duet and the time you worked with her professionally growing

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Speaker 1: How early on did you meet Olivia Newton?

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Speaker 4: John, I met Olivia when I was doing Shout actually

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Speaker 4: This incredible looking woman who could sing you know, high,

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Speaker 2: Did you Is it fair to say, Doc that you

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Speaker 2: One night with Olivia Newton? John, that must have been

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Speaker 4: So my wife and I were running the first and

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Speaker 4: But then I got to do it again with her

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Speaker 4: I mean, it just she but that was just it.

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Speaker 4: She just was like, yeah, hey, come and have some

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Speaker 2: That's so lovely.

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Speaker 1: And then let's cut to the duet that you guys did.

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Speaker 1: I will be right here. I mean to have a voice,

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Speaker 2: She you know what.

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Speaker 3: We interviewed and we're going to play a bit of

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Speaker 4: Yeah. I remember seeing her at the Cabare Investment at

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Speaker 1: Yeah, sure, DC. Do you know if you're beautiful? Dad

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Barnes ever worked with her, he knew her.

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Speaker 4: They never really performed together.

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Speaker 1: Now that would have been a duet, I would have.

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Speaker 4: I would have prayed for her on the stage. I

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Speaker 4: love her, But the thing is he but he was

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Speaker 4: Yeah, she just was sorry. She just was really perfect.

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Speaker 2: No, I tell you what.

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Speaker 3: appreciate your time, mate, Thank you so much for opening

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Speaker 4: I might listen, everyone's got the same story everyone whatever,

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Speaker 4: everyone thought about her, that's what you were.

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Speaker 2: Sad news this morning.

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Speaker 3: Olivia Newton John has passed away at the age of

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Speaker 3: seventy three years. Battled breast cancer for thirty years, she

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Speaker 3: passed away peacefully.

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Speaker 2: At a ranch in southern California.

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Speaker 3: John Travolda has just written a message, my dearest Olivia.

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Speaker 2: You made all of our lives so much better.

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Speaker 3: Your impact was incredible. I love you so much. We

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Speaker 3: and forever your Danny.

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Speaker 2: You're John, beautifully.

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Speaker 1: Said, Beautifully, said John Travolta. We were lucky enough to

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Speaker 2: I got a chat to the mind.

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Speaker 3: In the last year they brought out a song called

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Speaker 3: Window in the Wall.

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Speaker 2: This is it here.

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Speaker 1: They're pretty special mother and daughter, and you know what.

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Speaker 3: That obviously had their ups and downs as well, but

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Speaker 6: How lucky are the two of you right as mother

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Speaker 6: got an idea, why don't we just have us sing

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Speaker 4: I thought I was done, to be honest, But this song.

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Speaker 7: I when Mom used to go away, I would put

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Speaker 3: I love that can I I would dream of her.

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Speaker 2: And I know the movie by heart well I used to.

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Speaker 3: Is the magnificent Richard Wilkins, Dicky, very very sad day.

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Speaker 2: Woke up to some shocking news this morning. Mate, it

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Speaker 1: Is, Dickie, can you talk us through? I mean, obviously

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