Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of Kelly Preston and actor John Travolta,
has passed away while on vacation with his parents. Details surrounding
the young man's death are as of yet unavailable, according to TMZ.
Jett had been rumored to be autistic, a claim denied by his father John, who said that the boy had been born with Kawasaki Syndrome. The illness often leads to heart disease, TMZ also reports.
It was at the Rand Memorial Hospital in the Bahamas where Jett lost his life.
UPDATE: Police spokeswoman Loretta Mackey says 16-year-old Jett Travolta hit his head in a bathtub Friday morning. She said he was declared dead at Rand Memorial Hospital on Grand Bahama Island.
Jett had been rumored to be autistic, a claim denied by his father John, who said that the boy had been born with Kawasaki Syndrome. The illness often leads to heart disease, TMZ also reports.
It was at the Rand Memorial Hospital in the Bahamas where Jett lost his life.
UPDATE: Police spokeswoman Loretta Mackey says 16-year-old Jett Travolta hit his head in a bathtub Friday morning. She said he was declared dead at Rand Memorial Hospital on Grand Bahama Island.
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Mowgli says:
omg that is terrible... my condolences goes out to his family... RIP Jett...
OralB says:
I had no idea his son was such a fat, ugly, lardass.
The daughter looks like a young Debra Winger.
M Gee says:
A child has died, a couple's beloved son is gone forever. If the child was overweight or suffered from a disability, is the pain for the parents any less? I don't think the Travoltas are thinking about the celebrity status they hold at this griefstricken time.
leslieD says:
God bless john travolta and his family during this time of loss.
laprns says:
Oralb-you are a moron. The kid was autistic and since they were scientologists he was never even brought out in public. Imagine having to live hidden away in the attic (so to speak) then after dying tragically at such a young age fools like yourself make stupid remarks. Crawl back into your hole and stay there. A child died after he was denied much of a life when he should have had every resource on earth available to him due to his parent's status and income.
i_aintnot says:
My condolences to the family, my heart goes out to you! I have a 16 year old and would be positively devastated if I lost her.
As to OralB - How dare you make such a rude comment. No one should judge another such as you did, at a time like this or at anytime. Although you are allowed your opinion, it should not be announced like this.
devil says:
If there's anything worse than outliving your children, I don't know what it is.
What a terrible, tragic loss for Jett's family. I hope they're given some time and space to grieve.
Ellusion says:
Wow... And I thought everyone knew better than to feed the trolls.
PSA: When some d*ckhole comes on and comments something so obviously intended to provoke, ya shouldn't give the lil' f*cker the satisfaction of even responding, people. It's Internet 101.
My heart goes out to the Travoltas. Whatever you may think of them or their beliefs, no one deserves to watch their son die.
Rachel says:
I can't help wondering if anything Scientology related came into play here. Since they believe psychology is the devil and most likely deprived their son of any medication did that play a hand in his unfortunate and early death?
Is this sad? Unquestionably, but I wonder if it could have been prevented.
OralB says:
AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA
Apparently not everyone, Ellusion.
This place is almost as good as the MSN boards for riling up the retards!
ztrejo says:
Clearly we are sadden for John & family. But its obvious that their was something wrong with Jett. and they were hiding it.
R.I.P JETT
adrian says:
OralB, you are sick. Really. Id like to see what you look like. That is just bloody horrible to say about anyone, especially after they die. God, you are one very very sick minded person. But dont worry, i dont have much hope for your future.
Snow Pie says:
Michaels Kors is celebrating by eating small animals alive and drinking, like a good Jew does when some non-Jew experiences tragedy.
Adrian says:
Another death at the hands of scientology. No doubt somewhere the cult got there hands in there and killed a kid.
blah blah says:
okay,first off, you people dont even know the fucker, secondly, who gives a fuck, the kid was retared, one less idiot in the world, yay!!!!
Liz says:
You are not born with Kawasaki disease. The most common way to get is from carpet cleaning and not airing it out properly. My thoughts are with the Travolta family dealing with the loss of a child.
RobR32 says:
A year or two ago, I saw a Barbara Walters special and John Travolta was one of the celebrities she was interviewing. Before the interview, Travolta gave a tour of his estate and during it, Jett and a "assistant" rolled up in a golf cart. My first impression of seeing him was of how overweight he seemed, but after a minute of seeing him(he never spoke and there wasn't any dialogue going on, just Barbara speaking in the voice-over during the interview), I got the impression that Jett was mentally-disabled. He seemed really out of it, not speaking, no direct eye contact but smiling a lot, and then I felt bad for thinking of how overweight he first seemed when I first saw him. Maybe not autistic, just really, excuse the term, retarded.
get a life says:
Ohhhh myyy gosssh people, get a life!
Charlotte says:
It does not matter if the child, Jett, was disabled. That is his family's business. What matters is that a child has died for this family and they are having to deal with it. Lets give them some respect and privacy in regards to this.
Jenn in Maine says:
What a shame it is that some people have to be so mean.
The Travolta's are a wonderful family. Their stardom hasn't let them forget that they are infact family. Very rarely do Stars stay together and they have set high standards for others to follow. I can't imagine loosing a child. I am happy for them that Jett was a child they were able to hold, love, and cherish even if it was only for 16 years. Someday the great memories will make them smile on a daily basis. Until that time my hope for John, Kelly, Ella and their entire extended family is to find strength in all those that truly care, use the shoulders that are there for them, and know that there are so many people around the world that morn for them as well as with them.