Memories of My Mother

CHLOE LATTANZI FEELS GRATEFUL TO HAVE SHARED HER LOVE OF MUSIC WITH HER MOTHER - AND IS CERTAIN OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN IS STILL WITH HER.

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TWO years after her mother Olivia Newton-John's death, T Chloe Lattanzi is still mourning. In an intimate new interview, the pop and country singer opened up about her memories of her famous mother and musical mentor, who died at 73 of breast cancer in August 2022, as well as her hopes for her own future and the challenge of carrying on the Grammy winner's work to support cancer patients. Asked what she misses most about her mom, the 38-year-old gets emotional. "That we didn't get to talk more," she tells Star. "I just want more." Born in 1986, Olivia's only child was her daughter with then-husband Matt Lattanzi. The couple had met on the set of Xanadu and wed in 1984; they divorced in 1995. Chloe says her mom, who took time off from performing to raise her, encouraged her musical ambitions. "We have different voices, but there's so much of my mom in my voice," says Chloe. "It's like I carry a piece of her in there." The pair sometimes worked in the studio together, and Olivia was thrilled with their re-release of her hit "You Have to Believe (We Are Magic)," which rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in 2015. To honor what would have been her mother's 76th birthday Sept. 26, Chloe