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===1989β1998: Motherhood, cancer, and advocacy=== In September 1989, Newton-John released her self-described "self-indulgent" album, ''[[Warm and Tender (Olivia Newton-John album)|Warm and Tender]]'', which reunited her with producer John Farrar, absent from her previous LP, and also marked a return to a more wholesome image. Inspired by her daughter, who appeared on the cover, the album featured [[lullabies]] and love songs for parents and their children.<ref name="google3" /> This album, the last one produced by Farrar, also failed to revive her recording career, as the disc reached only No. 124 Pop.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coyne |first1=Kevin John |title=An Olivia Newton-John Retrospective, Part Ten: 1987-1992 |url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2018/08/28/an-olivia-newton-john-retrospective-part-ten-1987-1992/ |website=Country Universe |access-date=11 August 2022 |date=28 August 2018}}</ref> She was appointed a Goodwill ambassador to the United Nations Environment Programme. Newton-John's television work included starring in two Christmas films, ''A Mom for Christmas'' (1990) and ''A Christmas Romance'' (1994) β both top 10 Nielsen hits. Newton-John was primed for another comeback in 1992 when she compiled her third hits collection, ''[[Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971β1992]]'', and planned her first tour since her ''Physical'' trek ten years earlier. Shortly after the album's release, Newton-John was diagnosed with breast cancer, forcing her to cancel all publicity for the album, including the tour. She received her diagnosis the same weekend her father died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/archive/toughing-it-out-vol-38-no-5/|title=Toughing It Out|website=People|date=3 August 1992|access-date=10 November 2008}}</ref> Newton-John recovered.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-victors-valiant-vol-50-no-15/|title=Victors Valiant|website=People|last1=Schindehette|first1=Susan|first2=Karen|last2=Schneider|first3=Anne-Marie|last3=O'Neill|date=26 October 1998|access-date=10 November 2008}}</ref> In 1991, she became the National Spokesperson for the Colette Chuda Environmental Fund/CHEC (Children's Health Environmental Coalition)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olivia Newton-John Dead at 73: The Star and Grease Icon Dies of Breast Cancer |url=https://people.com/music/olivia-newton-john-dead-age-73-breast-cancer/ |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> following the death from [[Wilms' tumour]] of five-year-old Colette Chuda, daughter of Newton-John's friend Nancy Chuda.<ref>{{cite web |last=Roan |first=Shari |date=20 November 1994 |title=THE SUNDAY PROFILE : From the Pain, a Passion : James and Nancy Chuda lost their little girl to a rare cancer. Now they are on a mission to protect other children. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-20-ls-64871-story.html |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Later, Newton-John became an advocate for [[breast cancer]] research and other health issues. She was a product spokesperson for the Liv-Kit, a breast self-examination product, and also founded her own cancer centre in her home town in Australia. Newton-John's cancer diagnosis also affected the type of music she recorded. In 1994, she released ''[[Gaia: One Woman's Journey]]'', which chronicled her ordeal. Co-produced by Newton-John for ONJ Productions, ''Gaia'' was originally issued by [[Festival Records|Festival]] in Australia but also distributed by various independent labels in Japan and Europe. In 2002, there was an American distribution by [[Hip-O Records]], and a subsequent re-release in 2012 by Green Hill featured an alternative cover photo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onlyolivia.com/music/albums/gaia.html|title=Gaia|website=onlyolivia.com|access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onlyolivia.com/music/albums/gaia_us.html|title=Gaia β one woman's journey|website=onlyolivia.com|access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref> ''Gaia'' was the first album on which Newton-John wrote all the music and lyrics herself, and this endeavour encouraged her to become more active as a songwriter thereafter. The single "No Matter What You Do" entered the Australian top 40, and the second single, the environmentally themed "Don't Cut Me Down", was also used in the film ''[[It's My Party (film)|It's My Party]]'', a 1996 AIDS drama. The Latin-fuelled "Not Gonna Give into It" eventually became heavily showcased in concert performance; "The Way of Love" was featured in the telefilm ''[[A Christmas Romance]]'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSuXAAAAQBAJ&dq=olivia+newton+john+christmas+romance+%22the+way+of+love%22&pg=PA128|title=The Christmas Encyclopedia, 3d ed.|first=William D.|last=Crump|date=28 August 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476605739 |via=Google Books}}</ref> and "Trust Yourself" was incorporated into both the TV-movie ''The Wilde Girls''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2996512-Olivia-Newton-John-Trust-Yourself|title=Olivia Newton-John β Trust Yourself|year=1997 |via=www.discogs.com}}</ref> and the theatrical film ''[[Sordid Lives]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onlyolivia.com/music/albums/sordidlives.html|title=Olivia Newton-John: Sordid Lives|website=www.onlyolivia.com}}</ref> Newton-John was listed as president of the [[Isle of Man]] [[Basking shark]] Society between 1998 and 2005.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Lloyd|first1=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdtAAAAAQBAJ&q=%22Isle+of+Man%22+%22Basking+Shark+Society%22+olivia&pg=PR3|title=1227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off|last2=Mitchinson|first2=John|last3=Harkin|first3=James|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|year=2013|isbn=978-0-393-24103-7|location=New York, New York|page=265}}</ref>
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