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| | Jett Travolta's death is a tragedy people shouldn't blame his parents for | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Jett Travolta, 16, died after suffering a seizure and a fall in the bathroom of his parents’ vacation home in the Bahamas. His body was discovered on Friday morning. Police sources have him falling and drowning in the bathtub late Thursday night, a claim his parents deny. They say he fell in the morning right before he was found and that he was well cared for and watched by two in-house nannies. Jett leaves behind his parents, John Travolta and Kelly Preston, and sister Ella, 8.
Jett was rumored to have suffered from autism, which often co-exists with a seizure disorder but does not have seizures listed among the symptoms. Jett’s mother, Kelly Preston, has only stated that her son had Kawasaki disease, a rare immune disorder caused by early childhood exposure to toxic chemicals.
In May of 2007, a story came out that John Travolta and Kelly Preston were ignoring their son Jett’s autism. It was based on an interview with one of their neighbors, a restaurant owner who happened to have a four year-old autistic child and recognized some of the symptoms in Jett when the family came in to his establishment to eat. The neighbor told Hollywood, Interrupted that he asked Travolta to get involved in autism fundraisers and was rebuffed. According to this guy’s diagnosis from afar, John and Kelly weren’t getting the proper therapy for their child and were letting him eat junk food and play video games. The neighbor didn’t explain how he knew that John Travolta and Kelly Preston were neglecting Jett, and it seemed to be based on just seeing them in his restaurant and getting handed a Scientology booklet by Travolta.
Scientology does not recognize autism
John Travolta and Kelly Preston are Scientologists. Scientology is a well-documented harmful cult that does not recognize autism as a disorder, does not allow followers to use psychiatric medication, and often blames sufferers for mental illness.
We don’t know if Jett had autism or what his care was like
All we have is rumor and one guy’s questionable assessment that suggests Jett had poor care. We don’t know if he had autism, if he was receiving therapy or treatment, or if his parent’s belief system contributed to his death in any way. From the reports that Travolta’s people are giving TMZ, it sounds like Jett had very good care and that it was a terrible accident.
Jett was on anti-convulsant medication for a long time
According to the Travoltas, Jett was on anti-convulsant medication for years but it eventually stopped working for him. They say they met with neurologists who decided to take him off the medication as it was no longer effective. Even with medication people can still suffer from seizures and accidents do happen. Hunter Tylo’s son died last year at 19 after having a seizure and falling into a pool and no one blamed her or her husband for his death.
There’s little reason to blame the parents and it’s hurtful
Now that John and Kelly have suffered an immeasurable loss, people are making the unjustified logical leap that they must be responsible in some way since their “religion” doesn’t recognize autism as a disorder and preaches against the use of psychiatric drugs. I’m as against Scientology as the next person, but you can’t take some small pieces of information and jump to conclusions. It’s fine to speculate when it involves someone’s love life, but when it involves the death of child it can be hurtful to say the least.
We don’t know all the details surrounding his condition or his death, some early stories have been inaccurate, and even the medical experts among us couldn’t pass judgment without being privy to the facts.
Let’s not blame this suffering family for something we have no clue about. They’ve already lost their son and none of us know the circumstances of their home life or what happened that led to their son’s death.
John Travolta has issued a statement on his website about his son’s death. He says, in part: “Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered. We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief. We will cherish the time we had with him for the rest of our lives.”
Update: Many of you have pointed out that John Travolta’s brother Joey made a documentary about autism in 2006 called “Normal People Scare Me,” in which John and Jett were not involved. It was thought to have been directed in some way at his brother.
The skepticism about Jett’s treatment is completely understandable given his parent’s involvement in Scientology. Of course there needs to be a thorough investigation and maybe the increased focused on the very dangerous practices of Scientology will finally help bring this criminal organization down. They need to be tried under the RICO act in the US.
All that said, I’m very disappointed at other media outlets’ rush to judgment. Look at what happened with the Heath Ledger case. The initial details were wrong and people condemned and dismissed him as a drug addict. That was a full grown man who had died from a drug interaction, and this is a teen boy who was disabled and suffered seizures. He’s barely dead and people are already saying “His parents are Scientologists, told you so.”
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| | Update: John Travolta's son died | | Added 15 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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Jett Travolta, John Travolta’s 16-year-old son who has been long rumored to be autistic despite constant denials, died today while John and his wife Kelly Preston were vacationing in the Bahamas. TMZ says:
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.
This is pretty sad news. I wonder what Scientology says about this since they don’t believe in autism. Actually, they do believe in it, but they pretty much treat people who have it as another species so if you’re a Scientologist, it’s best to not admit your son has it. Maybe they’ll say it was his time to go. Which would make a lot of sense because you’re pretty much done at 16. A lot of doctors say the only difference between 16 and 90 is 74 years. It sort of puts things into perspective, doesn’t it?
Update: Correction. Travolta actually said his kid had Kawasaki Syndrome to cover up the fact that he had autism. MSNBC says that Jett had a seizure in the bathroom and might have hit his head on the bathtub. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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(photo from Splash News Online)
John Travolta's oldest son Jett passed away today at the age of just 16. Jett was with his family on vacation in the Bahamas when AP reports that he had a seizure and fell and apparently hit his head on the bathub. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Jett has had a history of seizures and suffered from Kawasaki Syndrome as a kid.
My prayers go out to John, Kelly Preston and Ella Bleu.
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As a follow-up to a breaking report about the sudden passing of John Travolta’s 16-year-old-son Jett, recent updates tell that it was a seizure which caused the child’s death.
Family lawyer Michael Ossi informed press that Jett suffered a seizure at his family’s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island.
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In what’s a devastating loss, John Travolta’s young son Jett has passed away, a rep from the Rand Memorial Hospital in The Bahamas told press.
At the time of death, Travolta was vacationing with his 16-year-old boy, as well as his wife, Kelly Preston, in the Caribbean.
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| | John Travolta and Kelly Preston's 16-year-old son Jett dies (Update) | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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John Travolta and Kelly Preston?s 16-year-old son Jett has died, according to TMZ. No details have been released about the cause of death or when it happened ? all that?s known is that the family was vacationing in the Bahamas, and a hospital there has confirmed Jett’s passing.
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.
[From TMZ]
We will keep this story updated as more information becomes available. Our hearts go out to the Travolta/Preston family.
Update: MSNBC said that Jett suffered a seizure during which he hit his head on the bathtub.
The teenage son of actor John Travolta died suddenly on Friday during a family vacation in the Bahamas, according to the family?s lawyer.
Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at his family?s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island, attorney Michael Ossi said. According to Access Hollywood, Jett fell and hit his head on the bathtub in his hotel room.
Attempts were made to revive him, but he died at the scene, Ossi said.
Jett, who had a history of seizures, was the eldest child of Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston. They also have a daughter, Ella Blue, who was born in 2000.
[From MSNBC]
Here?s John Travolta, Kelly Preston with kids Jett and Ella Bleu, leaving an airport in Rome on November 5th, 2005. Images thanks to Splash.
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| | John Travolta's son died | | Added 15 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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Jett Travolta, John Travolta’s 16-year-old son who has been long rumored to be autistic despite constant denials, died today while John and his wife Kelly Preston were vacationing in the Bahamas. TMZ says:
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.
This is pretty sad news. I wonder what Scientology says about this since they don’t believe in Kawasaki Syndrome. Maybe they’ll say it was his time to go. Which would make a lot of sense because you’re pretty much done at 16. A lot of doctors say the only difference between 16 and 90 is 74 years. It sort of puts things into perspective, doesn’t it?
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| | John Travolta's Son Dead at 16 | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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is reporting that John Travolta’s 16-year-old son, Jett, died today in the Bahamas while vacationing with Travolta and his mother, actress Kelly Preston. Jett was rumored to have been autistic, though Travolta denied it, saying he suffered from Kawasaki Syndrome, which often leads to heart disease.
TMZ
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.
Very sad, and a really screwed up way to start the new year.
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