(ANSA) - NEW YORK, AUG 11 - Olivia Newton John will have a state funeral in Australia.
This was confirmed by the Premier of the State of Victoria, Dan Andrews.
In a post on Twitter Andrews wrote that the family of the actress and singer who died on August 8 at the age of 73 from cancer accepted the offer from Australia.
"It will be more of a concert that a funeral parlor reads in the post - at the height of a Victorian who lived such an intense and generous life."
Details of the ceremony have not yet been disclosed.
Newton-John was born in the UK but she moved to Australia at the age of five and quickly became one of the country's most beloved celebrities.
Meanwhile, her husband John Easterling paid her a tribute to her on Instagram with a moving post.
Easterling defined their marriage (the couple married in 2008) and their life together as a 'love that transcends understanding'.
He also added that his wife was like a medicine that used the means of song, of words, of touch.
"She was the bravest woman I have ever known - she says - her ability to sincerely take care of people, nature and all creatures almost eclipses what is humanly possible. It is only by the grace of God that I was allowed to share. for so long the passion and depth of his being ".
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