travolta was engaged with diana hyland who died of breast cancer in 1977, they met while filming "the boy in the plastic bubble". he married actress kelly preston in 1991. the couple had a son, jett (1992–2009). their daughter, ella bleu, was born in 2000. on may 18, 2010, travolta and preston said she was pregnant with the couple's third child. later they said it would be a boy. their son, benjamin, was born on november 23, 2010 in florida.