Olivia Newton-John 'an absolute lady': Irish community remembers her visit in 1996

Olivia Newton John — in the middle at the back — on her vist to Donegal, surrounded by three generations of the Arnold family. Aisling Arnold, left, and Chloe Lattanzi, right, are at the front. Chloe was the only child of the late singer/actress. Picture: Aisling Arnold of Arnolds Hotel

Olivia Newton-John is known to millions as "Sandy from Grease" but in the small coastal town of Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal, she is remembered as a warm and kind soul who fully immersed herself in the community when she went on holiday there in the 1990s.

Newton-John, who passed away on Monday at the age of 73, stayed at Arnold's Hotel in the heart of the village with her daughter Chloe, recording for the BBC show Holidayin 1996.