Olivia Newton-John’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi shared more of her memories with her mother onInstagram.
On Tuesday, Lattanzi, 36, shared footage on Instagram of her and Newton-John, whodied at age 73 on Monday, while they recorded their 2021 duet “Window in the Wall,” whichthe pair released as a single in January 2021.
“I love you forever my life giver, my teacher, my mama,” Lattanzi added.
“Out of the blue, she sent me an email saying, ‘I found this song, and I think you need to sing it,'” she told PEOPLE, adding that she felt an instant tinge of dread. “I thought, ‘Oh gosh, I know it’s not going to be good. How am I going to tell her?'”
Chloe Lattanzi and Olivia Newton-John.Sam Tabone/WireImage
But when she listened to the song for the first time, she was on board.
“It moved me to tears,” she told PEOPLE at the time. “It’s a very healing song. I thought, ‘This is very special, and I want to sing it with Chloe.'”
When Newton-John asked Lattanzi to join her on the track, she responded, “Yes — no questions asked.”
Chloe Lattanzi/Instagram
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“I was flattered and honored,” Lattanzi said. “She could have asked anyone, and she asked me. That meant the world to me. It’s my dream job — I get to spend time with my favorite person.”
“There is always something special about singing with my daughter,” Newton-John said in a press release at the time. “She not only has a gorgeous voice, she’s an amazing musician with tremendous instincts as a singer.”
Lattanzi latertold PEOPLEof the collab: “I was flattered and honored. She could have asked anyone, and she asked me. That meant the world to me. It’s my dream job — I get to spend time with my favorite person.”
On Monday, Lattanzi posted aseries of sweet photos with herself and theGreasestarjust hours after Newton-John’s death was announced. The photo series begins with a throwback of Lattanzi adorably grabbing her mother’s face for a kiss and ends with selfies and photos of the mother-daughter duo throughout the years.
In May 2017, the four-time Grammy winner shared that she wasdiagnosed with metastatic breast cancerthat had spread to her back.
“I’m so lucky to still be doing all these things,” Newton-John told PEOPLE of attending Lattanzi’s wedding and releasing “Window in the Wall” at the time. “I don’t think I imagined living this long! I feel very blessed.”
Though they always shared a tight bond, Newton-John and Lattanzi became even closer as they quarantined together in California during thecoronavirus pandemic. Lattanzi eventually moved to Portland, Oregon, butrevealed in late Julythat she had moved back to be near Newton-John.
source: people.com
