Fanny Mazalon
04/14/2025 at 19:55
John Travolta’s family was shaken by a sad event in 2009. During their vacation, John Travolta and his deceased wife Kelly Preston, lost their first child, Jett. This Sunday, April 13, the actor paid tribute to his boy.
Far from being a long, quiet river, the existence of John Travolta was punctuated by difficult trials. In January 2009, during a family vacation in the Bahamas, the actor was confronted with the “worst thing that happened to me in life”, as he qualified in 2014, on the stage of the Royal Drury Lane theater in London.
Her eldest son Jett, at the time, 16, was the victim of an epilepsy crisis before bumping his head against a bathtub. Found unconscious on the bathroom, he was taken to the hospital where he died a few hours later.
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This Sunday, April 13, the young man should have celebrated his 33 years. In his memory, John Travolta shared a photo of his boy, accompanied by a tender message: “Happy birthday Jett. I miss you so much, I love you forever. »»
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A family struck by mourning
Eleven years after the disappearance of Jett, his mother Kelly Preston succumbed in turn from breast cancer. Before this second drama, John and Kelly had two children: Ella Bleue (25) and Benjamin (14), with whom the actor of “Grease” has excellent relationships.
On his Instagram account, John Travolta regularly pays tribute to the one who shared his life for almost 30 years. In May 2021, for example, he said: “Very expensive Kelly, you brought three of the most wonderful children in my life that I have ever known. THANKS. We love you, we miss you. Happy Mother’s Day ”.
