She had such a big heart, says Frenchy

GREASE actress Didi Conn has paid a tearful tribute to her friend and co-star Olivia Newton-John.

- JULIE McCAFFREY

Didi, 71, played Frenchy, one of the Pink Ladies in the popular musical, released in 1978.

She said: “Olivia’s death feels so personal to me and so many other people because she cared so much. Her heart was so big.

“We knew it was coming but we didn’t want to believe it. I spoke with Olivia just a few weeks ago and we’d been in touch a lot.

“My husband called me when I was at a doctor’s appointment and when I saw the phone ringing repeatedly I got scared. When I answered he asked me to sit down and told me.

“Last time I was in contact with Olivia was by text and I said, ‘I hope you know you’re in my heart, always’. And she wrote back, ‘And you are in mine’. That was our last message, July 5.”