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Sun Sep 9, 2018, 05:11 PM Sep 2018

Actor Olivia Newton-John Reveals 3rd Cancer Diagnosis [View all]

Sept. 9, 2018. Olivia Newton-John successfully fought breast cancer for the first time in 1992 and went into remission. Last year, she revealed that her cancer had returned, this time in the base of her spine.

Now, in a new interview, she confesses that her current fight is actually her third cancer battle, as she learned in 2013 that the disease had returned, resurfacing in her shoulder, but decided at the time that she didn't want to publicly share news of the recurrence.

"I thought, 'It's my life,' and I just decided to keep it to myself," she explained to Australia's "Sunday Night" program, which aired on Sept. 9, according to Daily Mail Australia.

The "Grease" alum -- who's about to turn 70 -- explained that she at first thought a lump that emerged on her right shoulder was related to strain from the seat belt she was wearing when she got in a minor car accident early that year. But tests soon confirmed her breast cancer had returned two decades after her initial diagnosis. - More..

Read More, https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/olivia-newton-john-reveals-third-cancer-diagnosis/ar-BBN5wVx

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