Jett Travolta, Son Of Actor John Travolta, Dies Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
The teenage son of actor John Travolta died suddenly on Friday during a family vacation in the Bahamas. Jett suffered a seizure at his family's vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island.
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Posted: 11 months ago by stinkobinko:
It is especially disheartening when children die. I feel so bad for their family right now.
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Posted: 11 months ago by meggysue:
How horrible for the family. Sending good thoughts their way.
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Posted: 11 months ago by bunnysutra:
I don't mean this at ALL to by unsympathetic - I love John and I feel terribly for his family.
..though, what is it with the Bahamas? Seems like a lot of celeb tradgedy there.
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Posted: 11 months ago by punthe:
This story says that Jett had actually fell and hit his head.
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Posted: 11 months ago by KerOBeroS32:
Oh WOW... that is horrible... so very sorry...
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Posted: 11 months ago by iamtoni78:
Well, he might of had a seizure which caused him to fall and hit his head.
I feel so horrible for the entire family. I couldn't imagine the loss of my own child. My husband has experienced the loss of a child though, and I know when he talks about it, the heartache he still has, even 10yrs later, is heart pulling.
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Posted: 11 months ago by popcornmonster:
Well that will be a nice reminder every New Year's Day. I feel for the guy.
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Posted: 11 months ago by suebe:
How horrible to lose a child. Very very sad.
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Posted: 11 months ago by tragluk:
« bunnysutra : I don't mean this at ALL to by unsympathetic - I love John and I feel terribly for his family.
..though, what is it with the Bahamas? Seems like a lot of celeb tradgedy there. If all the celebs would spend 75% of their vacation time in Poohkeepsie Maine, you'd wonder about Poohkeepsie.
It's just where celebs happen to be. Tragedies like this happen all over. It's just 'newsworthy' when it happens to a celebrity so you hear about the Bahama's more.
No parent should outlive their child. It's terrible.
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Posted: 11 months ago by horsefeathers:
I'm shocked.
What a horrible tragedy, celebrity or not.
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Posted: 11 months ago by pocksucket:
It's difficult to find a source without a clear and obvious internet bias to back this up, but Scientology refuses to acknowledge epilepsy and ban the use of epilepsy medication.
Impossible to say whether that was a factor, but equally impossible to say whether it wasn't.
Certainly it was one of the first things to come to my mind though.
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Posted: 11 months ago by Bornbad:
Very sad. Been there, it sucks bad.
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Posted: 11 months ago by jhordie:
« pocksucket : It's difficult to find a source without a clear and obvious internet bias to back this up, but Scientology refuses to acknowledge epilepsy and ban the use of epilepsy medication.
Impossible to say whether that was a factor, but equally impossible to say whether it wasn't.
Certainly it was one of the first things to come to my mind though. It says he had a history of seizures, so you could be right.
How truly terrible for the family.
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Posted: 11 months ago by horsefeathers:
« iamtoni78 : Well, he might of had a seizure which caused him to fall and hit his head.
I feel so horrible for the entire family. I couldn't imagine the loss of my own child. My husband has experienced the loss of a child though, and I know when he talks about it, the heartache he still has, even 10yrs later, is heart pulling. My father died when I was young. It was something my grandmother never got over. The pain she carried with her everyday until the day she died. At times it was hard for me to be around her. It was my father, and her son, still alot of pain, but to bury your child..........:(
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Posted: 11 months ago by maven:
Ditto, horsefeathers. As my Mom said, children expect to lose their parents at some point, and spouses know it's a possibility, but parents never think they'll outlive a child.
I suspect that he did have a seizure and hit his head. What caused the seizures and what was or was not done to treat their cause is speculation, and while justified, doesn't change the tragic consequences. Even WITH medication, epilepsy can cause seizures that could have resulted in an lethal blow to the head.
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Posted: 11 months ago by eLJay:
That is so sad. Parents are supposed to die before their children. Not the other way around.
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Posted: 11 months ago by beckinacea:
Must be a hard time for them. I guess it inexcusable for me to chuckle at the fact that John Travolta, well-known for his hobby of flying, named his son Jett?
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Posted: 11 months ago by maven:
Inexcusable, no.
16 years too late, yes.
Poor timing, definitely.
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Posted: 11 months ago by chez:
May he rest in Peace. My deepest sympathy to that family.
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Posted: 11 months ago by drogue:
« beckinacea:Must be a hard time for them. I guess it inexcusable for me to chuckle at the fact that John Travolta, well-known for his hobby of flying, named his son Jett? Or the name of John's religion contains the root of the word "Science?"
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