What You Never Knew About Olivia Newton-John's Husband John Easterling

Olivia Newton-John dated cameraman Patrick McDermott off and on for several years until his disappearance in 2005, per the New York Post but she reflected in a 2016 interview with People that she felt "very lucky" to have found love again with businessman John Easterling. "I dated a little bit, but I wasn't expecting to fall in love with him and then bam!" she said, adding, "I always tell my friends you're never too old to find love. I found the love of my life at 59 going on 60! I'm grateful."

According to Reuters, she and Easterling shared a passion for environmental causes and fell in love during a trip to the Amazon. She tagged her husband in an Instagram post, revealing the two had married in Peru. His Instagram profile notes that he's a plant-based medicine researcher. Newton-John, who was first diagnosed with cancer in 1992, battled the disease for 30 years and was an advocate for medicinal cannabis, according to Daily Mail. 

In the YouTube show "Let's Be Blunt with Montel," Easterling said he grew up in North Carolina, where he experienced a near-death experience in 1970 with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, which left him with hepatitis. He moved to Ecuador in 1977 to find and sell artifacts and goods but discovered a different type of business venture when natives in the Amazon Rainforest treated him with botanicals when he experienced a health episode.