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John Travolta's Son Dies

Posted Jan 2nd 2009 3:10PM by TMZ Staff

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.

There have been reports that Jett was autistic, though Travolta has denied it, saying he suffers from Kawasaki Syndrome, a condition which often leads to heart disease.

UPDATE: 4:00 PM ET -- Travolta's attorney Michael Ossi says Jett suffered a seizure at his family's vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he died on scene.


My heart goes out to his family. 

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My heart goes out to his family. 

This is a tragedy

the 16-year-old son of John Travolta has died after suffering a seizure at his family’s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island.

Travolta’s attorney, Michael Ossi, tells Reuters that attempts were made to revive him, but he died at the scene.

Access reports Jett fell and hit his head on a bathtub at the hotel. TMZ reports Jett was taken to the Rand Memorial Hospital.

Travolta, 54, wife Kelly Preston, 46, and their family had been vacationing in the Bahamas. Travolta and Preston also have a daughter, Ella, 8.

RIP Jett :\'(

How devastating... my prayers go out to both John & Kelly.... :(

The loss of a child is the worst.  :\'( :\'(

The loss of a child is the worst.   :\'( :\'(

Especially when the child is so young. This is terrible. :\'(

Oh, I am so sad to hear this; John has always been one of my favorite actors.  How extremely sad.  He seems like such an all around good guy.  I can't even imagine losing one of my children.

I can't even imagine losing a child.  My heart is just breaking for them.

I am so sad to hear this. :(

I just found this out....how horribly sad! My thoughts go out to the entire family.  :\'(

This is extremely shocking and heartbreaking news. I heard about this on the radio this morning and I saw further coverage on the news today.

RIP Jett.

John Travolta was never really a favorite of mine but I wouldn't wish this tragedy upon him. It truly is very sad. I hope that John, Kelly & Ella can find some peace.



Cat

this makes me sad

Just to throw this out there:

If all the theories and rumors are true, and Jett had health issues (mental and physical) that weren't being treated properly because of the beliefs of Scientology, then I really have no sympathy for John or Kelly.  As a matter of fact, if that theory proves to be true and Jett could have been helped with meds or whatever, then I really despise both of them and I hope they feel guilty for the rest of their lives.

That being said, it is awful when someone dies so young like that, especially if it could have been averted.

Just to throw this out there:

If all the theories and rumors are true, and Jett had health issues (mental and physical) that weren't being treated properly because of the beliefs of Scientology, then I really have no sympathy for John or Kelly.  As a matter of fact, if that theory proves to be true and Jett could have been helped with meds or whatever, then I really despise both of them and I hope they feel guilty for the rest of their lives.

That being said, it is awful when someone dies so young like that, especially if it could have been averted.


I have just been reading that Jett Travolta, by all accounts, was autistic.  Scientologists don't believe in autism so the Travoltas blamed his behaviour on toxins or Kawasaki disease or some other such nonsense for 16 years.  For 16 years this poor kid went without services and professionals of the highest caliber that probably could have done wonders for his quality of life.  JT and Kelly can take a crash and burn from his million dollar jet.  No, better they should live long with the pain they will endure at the loss of a child, hopefully with the knowledge that they were instrumental in its cause.

I have just been reading that Jett Travolta, by all accounts, was autistic.  Scientologists don't believe in autism so the Travoltas blamed his behaviour on toxins or Kawasaki disease or some other such nonsense for 16 years.  For 16 years this poor kid went without services and professionals of the highest caliber that probably could have done wonders for his quality of life.  JT and Kelly can take a crash and burn from his million dollar jet.  No, better they should live long with the pain they will endure at the loss of a child, hopefully with the knowledge that they were instrumental in its cause.


Scientologists believe that mental illness and other cognitive problems (like autism) are "all in your head" and so all psychiatrists and psychologists are quacks.

Apparently Jet's condition was caused by the well-known fatal toxins that are present in carpet shampoo and food particles that lodge in the carpet, this was the conclusion that the Travoltas came too, to explain Jet's Kawasaki Syndrome.  Jet was thus treated by following the secret Scientology-developed "cleansing process".

There is no test for Kawasaki's, it is a condition diagnosed by circumstance.

I did some checking on Wikipedia (yes, I know it is a sometimes dubious source) but it does not reference that a Kawasaki patient requires round-theclock care.  Instead it indicates that the severe symptoms eventually go away, although a patient "for life" will be at increased risk of coronary disease.

The Travoltas provided 16-year-old Jet with a nanny who was never more than 8 feet from Jet, round-the-clock according to one of Travolta's lawyers.  This would indicate to me that Jet either (a) suffered brain damage (explaining his seizures) as a result of Kawasaki if that is what he had, or (b) he was indeed autistic (also explaining his seizures as well as overall demeanor in public).  Otherwse, what "normal" 16-year-old kid has a nanny?

Did some non-Wiki research.  If detected early, kids can recover "within a few days" although the cardiac risk is still there.  About 19 out of every 100,000 Americans have it.  It is especially prevalent in children of Japanese and Korean descent. 

Just to throw this out there:

If all the theories and rumors are true, and Jett had health issues (mental and physical) that weren't being treated properly because of the beliefs of Scientology, then I really have no sympathy for John or Kelly.  As a matter of fact, if that theory proves to be true and Jett could have been helped with meds or whatever, then I really despise both of them and I hope they feel guilty for the rest of their lives.

That being said, it is awful when someone dies so young like that, especially if it could have been averted.

I have just been reading that Jett Travolta, by all accounts, was autistic.  Scientologists don't believe in autism so the Travoltas blamed his behaviour on toxins or Kawasaki disease or some other such nonsense for 16 years.  For 16 years this poor kid went without services and professionals of the highest caliber that probably could have done wonders for his quality of life.  JT and Kelly can take a crash and burn from his million dollar jet.  No, better they should live long with the pain they will endure at the loss of a child, hopefully with the knowledge that they were instrumental in its cause.



Scientologists believe that mental illness and other cognitive problems (like autism) are "all in your head" and so all psychiatrists and psychologists are quacks.

Apparently Jet's condition was caused by the well-known fatal toxins that are present in carpet shampoo and food particles that lodge in the carpet, this was the conclusion that the Travoltas came too, to explain Jet's Kawasaki Syndrome.  Jet was thus treated by following the secret Scientology-developed "cleansing process".

There is no test for Kawasaki's, it is a condition diagnosed by circumstance.

I did some checking on Wikipedia (yes, I know it is a sometimes dubious source) but it does not reference that a Kawasaki patient requires round-theclock care.  Instead it indicates that the severe symptoms eventually go away, although a patient "for life" will be at increased risk of coronary disease.

The Travoltas provided 16-year-old Jet with a nanny who was never more than 8 feet from Jet, round-the-clock according to one of Travolta's lawyers.  This would indicate to me that Jet either (a) suffered brain damage (explaining his seizures) as a result of Kawasaki if that is what he had, or (b) he was indeed autistic (also explaining his seizures as well as overall demeanor in public).  Otherwse, what "normal" 16-year-old kid has a nanny?

Did some non-Wiki research.  If detected early, kids can recover "within a few days" although the cardiac risk is still there.  About 19 out of every 100,000 Americans have it.  It is especially prevalent in children of Japanese and Korean descent. 

That's what sucks about the whole thing,I have been reading doctors reports they all say nothing about his condition leads them to believe he had Kawaskii Syndrome
If he was properly diagnosed and they would have treated him for autism this could have been prevented
I don't wish a childs death on any parents but when your "religious beliefs" interfere with taking care of your family,then you need to do some deep soul searching.
One doctors opinion
I am a pediatric emergency room physician. We occasionally diagnose Kawasaki Disease (now properly called Kawasaki Syndrome) in young children. There are so many things wrong with the story of Jett's death that I am not sure where to start, but here's a try:

1) NO association between Kawasaki and "toxic carpet cleaning chemicals" (or any other environmental cause) has ever been established. Given that these chemicals are ubiquitous in our society, if there were an association I would expect Kawasaki to be much more common.

2) As far as I know, Kawasaki disease does not lead to brain injury or seizures.  I suppose one could conjecture that if Jett had untreated heart problems from Kawasaki (which CAN happen) this could have led to a heart attack that led to seizures and death, but it sounds like Jett had seizures for a long time, which makes this a bit of a reach.

3) It would be incredibly rare to bump your head and die from a seizure. 

We see children every day with seizures, and not once have I seen a child bump his head hard enough to have a brain injury from this.  Of course, prolonged seizures or seizures that occur while doing something dangerous (driving, swimming, etc.) can lead to brain injury, but otherwise this is a stretch.  Also, autistic children can exhibit self-injurious behavior, especially if untreated, and can exhibit behavior such as intentianally hitting their heads agains walls or other hard objects. It is much more likely that a head injury led to brain injury (the cause of death) and the seizure than the other way around.   

I don't really do the whole celebrity tracking thing - you know paparazzi following celebs down the street. So I hadn't seen any images of Jett until yesterday. He had the look of someone who had some developmental disability of some sort. Whether that was autism or something else I don't know.

I think it's sad that a so-called religion would dismiss biological and neurologically  proven illnesses because they don't "believe in them" it's simply ridiculous.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/01/avid-critics-of.html

"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 , 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.”

Scientology is a cult-like religion.  It is distressing that young Mr. Travolta's life was cut short because his parents had a demonstrably erroneous conviction that autism is "not real." 

Whether Jett's neurological condition was secondary to autism or if his death was caused by this Kawasaki disease makes little difference.  Scientology's hatred for behavioral health medicine deters its adherents from investigating related problems. 

BTW, autism is not a "psychiatric" illness, but a neurological disorder with cognitive/behavioral manifestations.  I have a mild form of it myself, Asperger syndrome. 

What would L. Ron Hubbard have us believe?  Neurological problems are caused by "degraded beings" (aka demons) that one brings upon oneself.  What is this the 14th century?
>:(

Scientology is dangerous to children.