John Travolta remembered his son Jett, who would have turned 30: “I think of you every day”

John Travolta He is one of the most recognized and blockbuster actors of his generation. The 68-year-old artist, star of classics like saturday night fever Y pulp fiction cHe knew professional success and went through tragedy in the death of two women, who loved and loved him, and the loss of his teenage son. Jett the eldest son from her relationship with Kelly Prestondied on January 2, 2009, at the age of 16 as a result of an illness that had been diagnosed as a child.

As it happens on every special date, the actor poured into his Instagram account the indelible memory for his son, who would have turned 30. “My dearest Jetty, I miss you more than words can say. I think about you every day. Happy Birthday. He loves you, your father”Travolta wrote alongside a black-and-white photo of the father in a cap and the son in a hoodie, both smiling. In the publication, she was joined by her daughter Ella to greet her brother. “We love you very much,” wrote the young woman next to a heart.

John and Kelly met in 1987 while filming The experts and the crush was immediate although they took time to formalize their love. In 1991, at the New Year’s dinner in a hotel in Switzerland, the actor proposed to her. The wedding arrived in Paris, on September 5 that year and by then, Kelly was already two months pregnant with her son Jett. Repitomized the celebration in Florida, but under the rite of Scientology and over the years they had two more children, Ella Bleu (2000) and Benjamin (2010). They loved each other passionately, went through storms and were together until the death of the actress, in 2020

When the little boy was two years old, they discovered that he had Kawasaki disease, a syndrome that causes inflammation of the blood vessels throughout the body. On January 2, 2009, when he was just 16 years old, Jett passed away during a family trip to the Bahamas.. She was just 16 years old, and the cause of his death, according to the record, indicated an epileptic seizure for which she hit herself and fell unconscious in the bathtub. She had suffered from epilepsy since she was a baby and Travolta would later say, on her own recognizance, that her son suffered from Kawasaki Syndrome, he was autistic, and seizures and convulsions occurred regularly.

There were doubts about his treatment: was he not medicated enough to fulfill the designs of Scientology? The family had stopped giving her the anti-seizure medications, caused by Kawasaki disease, because they had lost their effectiveness and because of fear of side effects. The actor launched a lawsuit against the paramedic who treated his son but dropped the charges.

“I think we both tried to deal with the pain as best we could. It was a time when it was very difficult to look at each other, but the strength of our relationship helped us, “Kelly acknowledged at the time. Instead of going to court, the couple created the Jett Travolta Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises funds for children with special needs. They also turned more to Scientology, which John had approached for the first time in Mexico, during the filming of the devil’s rain (1975). “Our Church keeps us grounded. I don’t know what we would have done without your support.or,” Travolta would say later.

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