Olivia Newton-John’s state memorial still not scheduled five months after her death – but her family are confident that it will happen
A promised state memorial for the late Olivia Newton-John has yet to materialise, five months after her death.
The entertainer died on August 8, aged 73, following a lengthy battle with cancer, and was offered a state funeral from Premier Daniel Andrews.
According to the Herald Sun, Newton-John’s family are still keen to make the service happen.
A promised state memorial for the late Olivia Newton-John (pictured) has yet to materialise, five months after her death
‘I really believe it’s going to happen,’ the star’s niece, actress Tottie Goldsmith, told the publication.
‘We’re just waiting on final family dates to fit in with other things. We’ll get there,’ she added.
Back in October, entertainment reporter Peter Ford claimed on The Morning Show that Olivia’s state funeral would be held at the Royal Botanic Gardens in ‘early December’.
Newton-John’s family are still reportedly keen to make the service happen. Olivia is pictured with her daughter Chloe Lattanzi
He also claimed that the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra would be performing as part of the service.
‘People might say, “Why there?” Well, that was one of Olivia’s favourite places. She used to go there with her mum,’ Peter told hosts Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur at the time.
He went on to say the gathering would not be ‘a big all-star extravaganza like we saw with Shane Warne earlier in the year’.
The entertainer died on August 8, aged 73, following a lengthy battle with cancer, and was offered a state funeral from Premier Daniel Andrews
Olivia died in August after a brave and public decades-long battle with cancer in which she was diagnosed three times in 1992, 2013 and, for a final time, in 2017.
The Grammy-winning star battled breast cancer three times and was an advocate for breast cancer research.
Her family reportedly held a ‘very private’ memorial service for the late star back in September.
A rep for the family told Us Weekly at the time: ‘There was a small and very private family gathering in California last week to celebrate Olivia.
‘The family prefers to keep the details of the event private at this time.’
Olivia died in August after a brave and public decades-long battle with cancer in which she was diagnosed three times in 1992, 2013 and, for a final time, in 2017
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