Olivia Newton-John sold off most of her properties after cancer diagnosis to invest in foundation

PHOTO: Dame Olivia Newton-John dies aged 73

One year after Olivia Newton-John revealed she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, the singer and actress sold off most of her massive real estate portfolio in order to invest more into her foundation and wellness centre, The Post reports.

“Olivia loved helping people. She spent the last two decades of her life giving back,” a source close to Newton-John told The Post.

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“She wanted to leave behind something that would last, and something that her daughter, too, could benefit from.”

Newton-John — who shared a 36-year-old daughter, Chloe Rose Lattanzi, with her first husband, Matt Lattanzi — listed her California horse ranch of four years for $5.4m (A$7.7m) in 2019.

One month after listing her California home, she put her sprawling 76ha Australian farm in NSW on the market.

The NSW farm sits on more than 189 acres Picture: McGrath/TopTenRealEstateDeals

One of the main home’s living spaces.

Newton-John initially purchased the land — located in Dalwood, New South Wales — in the 1980s and rebuilt the home in the early 2000s.

A month later, it sold for $4.6m (A$6.6m).

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The French country-style property is made up of eight lots, with a three-bedroom, two-bathroom main house and a one-bedroom guest suite.

Newton-John planted 5000 trees and created a wildlife habitat.

Hang your hate at the front door.

The main house is built in an Italian style. Picture: McGrath/TopTenRealEstateDeals

“It is hard to describe the serenity,” Jillian McGrath told The Daily Telegraph at the time.

“And Olivia really wants someone who will love the property and continue her work, someone who will take up where she left off.”

The compound has its own robust rainforest with a natural waterfall, two dams, a creek and large bird populations, according to the previous listing. It also borders a national park called Victoria Park Nature Reserve, which adds to the privacy of its secluded location.

One of the main house’s three bedrooms.

The old-style tub.

After selling the Aussie abode, the ‘Grease’ star then decided to spend her remaining days in the California home, according to the Post’s source.

Instead, in October 2021, records show Newton-John — who died Monday at age 73 — officially transferred full ownership of the Santa Barbara estate to her husband, John Easterling, who refinanced the mortgage with $2.5m left on the home.

The expansive pool at her California property. Picture: Village Properties

The California home is situated on over 12 acres of land. Picture: Village Properties

“She was in a lot of pain, but she was a fighter,” the source explained.

“The place was her heaven on Earth and it gave her many calming moments in her final days.”

“They loved it,” Michael Caprio, her friend and publicist, told The Post separately.

The two had initially purchased the four-bedroom, five-bathroom Santa Ynez property for $4.69 million in 2015.

The Santa Ynez Valley home boasts mountain views and is situated along the Santa Ynez River in California. Picture: Village Properties

A horse track. Picture: Village Properties

Situated on more than 12 acres alongside the Santa Ynez River, the property came with a 415 sqm main house, two-bedroom guesthouse, a barn, horse stables, and a pool.

Newly built in 2008, the contemporary estate features a main residence that accented with wood, sky-light ceilings in the great room, windows in the gourmet kitchen and an opulent sun room.

Olivia Newton-John is shown inside her Southern California home during a taping of “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.”. Picture: Getty

Over the years, the late Australian singer, actor and entrepreneur invested in her Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre at Melbourne’s Austin Hospital.

She established the facility in 2012 at a cost of $189m (A$271m)— with state and federal funding plus philanthropic support bringing it to fruition.

In 2005, she co-founded the award-winning Gaia Retreat & Spa — a health retreat in the Bunjalung Country of Byron Bay, a region often known as the healing heartland of Australia.

She also launched the Olivia Newton-John Foundation in recent years.

The lounge area of the Gaia retreat is surrounded by nature. Picture: @gaiaretreat

“The idea is to fund research into kinder ways to treat cancer, to prevent cancer, and to live well with cancer,” she said in a 2020 interview with Forbes.

“So, all those things, I believe, we will eventually see a world beyond it where it’s just treated as any other illness that you can kind of control and live well with and, of course, hopefully cure it.

“Living well is something that I do, and I’m hoping that I can help others do that.”

She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, then again in 2013, before her third and final diagnosis back in 2017.

Newton-John passed away in her Southern California ranch at the age of 73.