John Travolta's Son Dies

TMZ ^ | 1/2/09 | TMZ Staff

[jimbo123]

Rand Memorial Hospital in the Bahamas tells TMZ the son of John Travolta died today.

We're told 16-year-old Jett was vacationing with Travolta and wife Kelly Preston. We do not know the circumstances of his death.

[TheConservativeParty]

Nice story, good to know he is a decent guy. What a shame to lose a son so young. Thanks for sharing your story.

[napscoordinator]

Prayers to John and Kelly and the rest of the family. This is horrible news.

[B-Chan]

How horrible. I can’t imagine what I’d do if Baby Chan were to die. May God spare me that test!

Prayers for the Travolta family and for the soul of their departed son.

[LottieDah]

What a horrible thing — losing a child. Condolences to the Travolta family. May his beloved son be welcomed in the arms of the Lord.

[Arpege92]

Very sad. My son is the same age...can’t imagine the pain this family is going through. Prayers going out.

[Ben Reyes]

May the good Lord grant Mr. Travolta strength and comfort in the loss of his son. Amen.

[Happy Rain]

Agreed.

Years ago they asked Stephen King,who claimed his personal nightmares inspired his work,what his worse nightmare ever,was.

He said the one where he lost his children.

RIP

[Eagle Eye]

At the risk of hijacking the thread, Opus X was the single most disappointing cigar I have ever had.

Maybe I’m just not sophisticated enough for Opus X...or maybe more people rave about them because Rush does?

And IMO cubans in general are not worth the money.

Partagas Black Lables are what make the world go ‘round!

[tet68]

My thoughts and prayers go out to the Travolta family
at this sad time.

t.

[Professional Engineer]

I’ve heard similar comments about him from private pilots I know.

[LiberConservative]

Just on Fox News: Jett hid his head in the bathtub. How tragic!

[Alice in Wonderland]

The Travolta's live down the road from me. They are not well liked in the neighborhood:

Hollywood's latest global warming expert John Travolta recently sent a chill through the Florida neighborhood where he parks his beloved private jets.

Tim and Patricia Kenny, proud parents of a 4 year-old autistic girl, believe that it might be time for Child Protective Services to look into John Travolta and wife Kelly's negligence in acknowledging their son Jett's reported autism.

"I don't think it's a stretch to call their treatment of Jett child abuse," Ocala, Florida restaurant manager Tim Kenny tells Hollywood, Interrupted. Kenny claims he met Travolta at his restaurant in February, and, after "comping" the movie star and his daughter a meal per restaurant policy for celebrities, he asked him, "as one autistic child's father to another," if he "was doing anything special in terms of therapy" for Jett. Aghast, Travolta responded, "Well, we involve him in the arts." Then, he offered to send Kenny a book, and high-tailed it out of the restaurant.

"If I ever received a Scientology book from him [Travolta], I'd find him, and throw it back at him," says Kenny. "Scientology is keeping him from acknowledging his son's autism. They see it as a weakness. That's what the space aliens are telling him I guess."

Joking aside, the Kennys are "disgusted by" Travolta. They claim that Travolta has turned down invitations to participate in autism fundraisers, and most recently refused to participate in a local celebrity golf tournament if a connection to autism advocacy was promoted. The organizers of the charity tournament scheduled at the Golden Hills Country Club in November are alleged to have changed the billing from an autism event to the more generic "fundraiser for disabled children" to accommodate the star. Calls to event organizer, the Family Resources Coalition, were not returned by post time.

The Kennys also claim that Kelly and John "let Jett sit in front of video games all day eating junk food, while they eat the best organic food money can buy. They exclude Jett from all social events because they are embarrassed."

"Once," reports Kenny, "when Kelly took him to the movies, Jett started to have a meltdown and Kelly pointed at the nanny and ordered, 'Take care of it.'"

"Jett does not speak at all," confirms Kenny. "He has not even been taught how to communicate. We struggle every week to pay for our daughter's therapy. How dare he [Travolta] ruin his own son's chances of recovering! We want to get the word out on this."

[flaglady47]

Parents shouldn’t have a child die before them. My condolences to his family. RIP.

[Zevonismymuse]

How incredibly sad. My deepest sympathies to the Travoltas.

This reminds me of our shared humanity. No one is immune from this sort of tragedy, even the rich and famous. Incredibly sad indeed.

[AKA Elena]

Prayers for the Travolta family — may this boy, Jett, rest in the Arms of Our Lord. May the Holy spirit comfort all who loved and cared for John’s son. May this comfort extend to Jett’s Mom as well!

[Tax-chick]

These Kennys appear to have a personal axe to grind which does not make them the most reliable of sources. Failure to participate in “autism activism” is not abusive, or even wrong.

[Hulka]

Rumor and tabloid gossip.

We are better than that.

[traderrob6]

I hope L. Ron Hubbard can give him the comfort that Jesus Christ gives me.

[GQuagmire]

I know I’m going to get flamed, but here goes.

Does anyone else get tired of some of the parents of autistic children?I feel terrible that their kids are afflicted. But I get the feeling that some of them get into the business of diagnosing other kids and become defacto social workers. It’s really none of anyone’s business if someone’s kids is or is not afflicted.

[basil]

Prayers for the family. I've heard this is about the worst loss a person can face--the loss of a child.

May he rest in peace.