Olivia Newton-John’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi leads ONJ Walk for Wellness

Chloe Lattanzi, the daughter of the late Olivia Newton-John, will have a starring role in her mother’s annual wellness walk.

Olivia Newton-John’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi will lead the ONJ Walk for Wellness. Picture: Nicki Connolly.

Olivia Newton-John’s daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, will lead the annual ONJ Walk For Wellness in Melbourne in October.

“I want to expand on my mom’s dream, continue her legacy, and lead the walk,” Lattanzi told the Herald Sun.

“It’s an honour for me to further her work, and I will never stop.”

The Walk For Wellness will take place at Alexandra Gardens on October 8.

The event raises funds for wellness programs at the ONJ Cancer and Wellness Centre in Heidelberg.

The programs include massage, acupuncture, and music and art therapy.

Newton-John’s husband, John Easterling, said: “The walk meant a lot to Olivia, but it means the most to the people receiving treatment. It’s really about quality of life for cancer patients.”

Easterling said he will continue Newton-John’s push to lawmakers to make plant medicine and cannabis easily available to cancer patients.

Chloe Lattanzi. Picture: Asanka Ratnayake.

“It’s really about education and awareness,” he said.

“The politics around it are very complicated, when there’s no reason for it to be that complex. As people get familiar with it, I think Australia will come online, hopefully, a lost faster.

“I think politicians need to flick the switch and make cannabis more easily available to cancer patients. Accelerating access to plant medicines for them, would be a good first step.”

He said plant medicine and cannabinoids helped Newton-John’s clarity, mobility and pain.

Newton-John, a pop star, movie star and wellness warrior, died from cancer, after living with the disease for 30 years, last August. She was 73.

Lattanzi and Easterling attended Newton-John’s state memorial at Hamer Hall last weekend.

Lattanzi said she called on her mother for strength as she paid an emotional tribute at the state memorial.

She arrived at the event feeling anxious, and asked for a hug from students in Christ Church Grammar School Choir, which performed the national anthem at the memorial.

“They all surrounded me, and hugged me, and my whole body was flushed with dopamine, love and light,” Lattanzi said.

“That’s the power of energy and connection, and the power of love.”

Lattanzi added: “I talked to my mom, and a song she wrote, Stronger Than Before, came into my mind. It got up on stage, and it was like she came into my body. I knew she would, and it all flowed.

“The love in that room was so powerful. I will never forget it. And I’m so grateful I got to share it with my dad,” Lattanzi said, as she held hands with Easterling.

Easterling said the event was warm and wonderful. He said: “Hamer Hall was so full of love and emotion. It couldn’t have been better.”

Lattanzi and Easterling plan to make Melbourne their second home to continue Newton-John’s work. “Olivia loved Melbourne, and we will always visit,” he said.

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