Olivia Newton-John’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi delivered a touching and emotional speech in honour of her late mom at a state memorial service in Melbourne on Sunday.
During her tribute, Chloe, 37, had moments of laughter and tears as she remembered her beloved mom.
“My heart is broken in two; the other half is with my mamma,” she started.
“I know she is holding it for me until we meet again.”
Chloe mentioned that whereas she had hoped to face earlier than everybody feeling robust and assured, “the truth is, I feel like a little girl lost without her mother”.
Chloe, who’s the one baby of Newton-John, described her mom as being her “safe space” and “biggest fan”.
“I can hear her voice. ‘You are safe, my darling. Don’t be afraid. You are so much stronger than you think. Speak from your heart. That’s all you have to do.’”
The 37-year-old broke down in tears when she shared a few of her favorite reminiscences of her mom with mourners.
“My favourite thing to do was watch her watching the birds and the flowers. Smelling her roses and the joy it brought to her roses and the joy it brought to her face was a thing of beauty,” she mentioned.
“I loved making her tea and then making it five times again until I got it right. I loved our snuggles. I would crawl into bed with her late at night even until I was 20 years old. I loved the way that she smelled. Nothing felt safer.”
Chloe, who was accompanied on stage by her martial arts husband James Driskill, mentioned she beloved her mom beloved absolutely and fully.
“I know she would want me to tell each and every one of you how grateful she was for each individual special relationship.
She cherished her friends and family and she was so grateful to her fans.
“She loved you all so dearly. She would want us all to laugh and reminisce together in joy and celebrate her life,” Chloe concluded.
Fans described her speech as ‘beautiful’ and ‘brave’.
“Tears in my eyes never forget her,” one individual wrote on Instagram.
“That was so emotional,” mentioned one other.
The service, held six months after Newton-John’s dying, drew an avalanche of heat phrases from those that knew her Delta Goodrem, Dannii Minogue, Kate Ceberano, Molly Meldrum, Magda Szubanski, Human Nature’s Phil Burton and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews had been among the many huge names in attendance.
Mariah Carey, Pink and Dolly Parton appeared through video hyperlink, together with different excessive profile stars equivalent to Hugh Jackman, Keith Urban, Cliff Richards and Nicole Kidman.
“It is beautiful to see everybody coming out,” Delta Goodrem mentioned exterior the venue.
“I’m so happy to see everybody coming together on a day to celebrate someone who touched all our lives. I think that is really what it is.
“Seeing everybody just come together and being able to honour and celebrate Olivia is incredibly special.”
Dannii Minogue informed Channel 9 how a lot Newton-John meant to her.
“She is literally the reason why I started performing, and I was lucky enough to tell her that the first time we met.”
“It’s still … I think the thought (of Newton-John’s death) is just settling. My hands are shaking. I’m all over the place.”
Pink described Newton-John as an “absolute angel“, while Mariah Carey described herself as a “friend and fan” of Newton-John.
She mentioned she regarded as much as her whereas rising up. “Grease was one of the first movies she ever saw.”
Newton-John’s husband, John Easterling, shared a uncommon perception into their marriage whereas main the official tributes through the service.
The businessman described Newton-John as a “healer” and hailed her capacity to carry out as a “piece of magic”. His voice started to interrupt as he spoke about their seemingly “supernatural” life collectively.
“Every day with Olivia was a bit of magic,” he mentioned.
“She said to me, ‘John, when you are lucky enough to find your true soulmate and you share a heart, and one passes, the other has the obligation to live life for both.’
“We were talking about how lucky we were to have found each other and how in love we were. And how much happiness we were experiencing.”
Newton-John, whose starring function in Grease in 1978 made her world well-known, died at her ranch in California in August final 12 months following a protracted battle with breast most cancers.
– with NCA Newswires
Source: www.news.com.au
