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Olivia Newton-John’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi moved in with her mother just two weeks before her tragic death on Monday.

The Grease star passed away at age 73 following a lengthy battle with breast cancer, spending her final moments surrounded by friends and family at her home in Southern California.

Until late last month, Chloe and her fiancé James Driskill were living in Portland, Oregon, where they owned a medical cannabis farm.

However on July 25, Chloe excitedly announced on Facebook that the couple were relocating California to be closer to her sickly mother.

‘We officially moved out of our house in Portland. In the truck my man towing the U-Haul [hire trailer],’ the 36-year-old wrote next to a pouty selfie.

‘So excited to get back to my mom! Here’s to a new chapter!!!’ added Chloe, who is Olivia’s only child.

Chloe and martial arts expert James opened their cannabis farm back in December 2016, leaving behind their glitzy LA lifestyle for a more laid-back existence in Oregon – where recreational marijuana had become legal.

Chloe had temporarily moved in with her mother during the pandemic just last year – something for which Olivia said she is forever grateful.

‘This has been a dream time, to be able to spend a long time with Chloe. It’s a special time,’ the Xanadu actress told Studio 10 during a recent interview.

It was reported at the time that Olivia had stumped up a ‘loan’ for the couple to ‘have a fresh start’ by opening their farm.

Olivia welcomed Chloe with her former husband Matt Lattanzi in 1986.

Chloe began her relationship with James in 2009, and the pair announced their engagement just one year later.

It comes as the world mourns the loss of Olivia following her tragic death on Monday.

Just days before the singer’s death, Chloe uploaded a photo of herself and Olivia posing in matching white outfits alongside the heartfelt caption: ‘I worship this woman. My mother. My best friend. @therealonj.’

Aspiring singer Chloe returned to Instagram following her mother’s death on Monday, sharing a gallery of childhood family photos and some recent images of the women posing together.

James also shared a raw tribute to his late mother-in-law following her passing, uploading a throwback Instagram photo of himself and Chloe posing arm-in-arm with Olivia.

‘I am so lucky and grateful that I had the opportunity to learn from such an amazing woman. You led an extraordinary life and touched so many, ‘he began his emotional caption of him.

‘You taught me about grace and gratitude, love and light. You were always so generous and kind and I’m filled with joy thinking about spending the rest of my life with your beautiful daughter who also teaches me daily about how to be a more compassionate and forgiving man. Goodbye mom. I love you,’ he continued.

‘I’ll take care of our weasel,’ he concluded, referring to Chloe.

Olivia, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and twice before in 1992 and 2013, has spent years lobbying the Australian government to approve the use of medicinal cannabis for cancer patients.

Like James and Chloe, Olivia’s husband John Easterling grew medicinal cannabis for his wife on their ranch in the US to ‘help with her symptoms’.

Back in 2020, Olivia recalled the terrifying moment she was first diagnosed with the disease.

In a video announcing her foundation at the time, she said she ‘knew immediately that something was wrong’.

‘I am probably one of those people who’s living beyond cancer, living beyond probably what people expected to happen,’ Olivia said.

Speaking about her diagnosis, she added: ‘I immediately knew something was wrong.

‘I had a mammogram. The mammogram was benign and I had a needle biopsy that was also benign… I don’t say this to scare women, but you have to just trust your instincts.’

Olivia explained that she then spoke to her doctor and agreed to get a surgical biopsy, and was then diagnosed with breast cancer.

‘All this was overwhelming. It was a feeling of dread, terror, the unknown, ‘she said, adding that she decided to be strong for her daughter, Chloe Lattanzi.

‘I made the decision that I would be okay. I had to believe I was going to be okay, that my daughter was the most important thing in my life and I would be okay for her,’ she said.

Olivia has tried a variety of therapies, including meditation, acupuncture, massage and plant medicine, to heal her body – in addition to conventional medicine.

‘I have seen the incredible beauty of the plants and their healing abilities… if I hadn’t had that experience, I wouldn’t be sitting here talking to you about kinder therapies… your body wants to heal itself,’ said the medicinal cannabis advocate.

‘That’s why I’m excited to start this foundation.’