1, a 17-track set recorded beforeshe died of breast cancerin August 2022 at age 73.

After her cancer diagnosis and treatment in the 1990s, she remained in remission for more than 20 years.

The disease returned in 2013 and again in 2017, when it metastasized to her spine.

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I wasnt expecting to meet Olivia.

We became super-close girlfriends.

It was like a sisterhood instantly.

Olivia Newton-John onstage during her performance at the Union Chapel in London

Their paths crossed often.

While Lang and her husband, country star T.G.

She never thought of herself as famous.

The album cover for Olivia Newton-John’s album Just The Two Of Us: The Duets Collection Volume One

She didnt want the attention.

She used her platform to heal, says Lang, a cancer survivor.

Generation after generation will always loveGrease.

Kelly Lang holding a microphone during her performance in Nashville, Tennessee

I hope her legacy will also focus on how many souls she and her cancer research have helped.