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John Travolta’s Son Has Died

Jett Travolta has died at the age of 16.

Here’s an updated news report from the AP: John Travolta, Kelly Preston and little Jett

NASSAU, Bahamas — John Travolta’s teenage son, Jett, died in the Bahamas after apparently suffering a seizure and hitting his head at his family’s vacation home, authorities said Friday. A house caretaker found Jett, 16, unconscious in a bathroom late Friday morning. He was taken by ambulance to a Freeport hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Police Superintendent Basil Rahming said in a statement.

The teenager had last been seen entering the bathroom on Thursday and had a history of seizures, according to the statement. An autopsy is planned.

A local police source said Jett apparently hit his head on the bathtub.

Jett was the oldest child of Travolta, 54, and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, 46, who also have an 8-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu.

It is unclear whether Jett was taking any medications for his seizures.   Continued below. Jett, age 15, with mom Kelly Preston

Family friend and Tampa-based attorney Michael McDermott told the Ocala Star-Banner on Friday that Travolta was “broken up” and noted that “Kelly’s very quiet.”

“Just say a prayer for them,” he added. “That’s all you can do at this point.”

McDermott said that one of Travolta’s close associates was making funeral arrangements in Ocala, Florida, where Travolta has a home.

Travolta, who gained fame as Vinnie Barbarino on the 1970s television show “Welcome Back, Kotter” and the 1977 film “Saturday Night Fever,” went on to become one of Hollywood’s biggest names. He married Preston in 1991.

A television actress, Preston appeared with Travolta in the 2000 film “Battlefield Earth,” based on a novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.

Whatever I may think about Scientology or Travolta’s involvement in it, this is tragic news for the family and I feel sorry for their loss.





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