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Jett Travolta, son of John Travolta dead at 16 years-old

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NASSAU, Bahamas - John Travolta's teenage son, Jett, died in the Bahamas after apparently suffering a seizure and hitting his head at his family's vacation home, authorities said Friday.

A house caretaker found Jett, 16, unconscious in a bathroom late Friday morning. He was taken by ambulance to a Freeport hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Police Superintendent Basil Rahming said in a statement.

The teenager had last been seen entering the bathroom on Thursday and had a history of seizures, according to the statement. An autopsy is planned.

Jett apparently hit his head on the bathtub, said a police officer who declined to be named because she was not authorized to speak on the matter.

Family attorney Michael Ossi said in a statement that Jett died suddenly on Friday. Publicists Samantha Mast and Paul Bloch released the statement but could not be reached for additional comment.

Jett was the oldest child of Travolta, 54, and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, 46, who also have an 8-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu.
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Wow...so sad.
Seizures are a scary thing. A kid had two of them on different occasions during my math class last year...terrifying experience.
 
Where was the rest of the family? He was seen going to the bathroom but no one thought to check up on him when he didn't come out the whole night? Slipping and hitting his head on the bathtub should produce a loud sound. It's a little odd that a person saw him going in but didn't bother checking on him when he/she heard the noise.

madisonmac09 said:
ummm not to be rude but... whats the connection? was this a suicide?
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The connection is that it's hard to lose a family member. Ella Bleu is losing a brother too.
 
teflon said:
Where was the rest of the family? He was seen going to the bathroom but no one thought to check up on him when he didn't come out the whole night? Slipping and hitting his head on the bathtub should produce a loud sound. It's a little odd that a person saw him going in but didn't bother checking on him when he/she heard the noise.
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Presumably he had his own bedroom and bathroom. What is strange about saying goodnight before you go to have a bath? Nobody would expect to see him until the morning.

As the parent of a severe epileptic, I can say that it never stops being a terrifying experience. A great blow for the family.
 
Sad :(

Although, and I'm probably a bad person for even thinking this, but John Travolta is a Scientologist, and they have weird ideas when it comes to medicine. I can't help but wonder if this could've been prevented
 
Wow, this is so sad. As the parent of a 17 year old, I don't know what I'd do. Parents aren't supposed to outlive their children.:(
 
Jett apparently hit his head on the bathtub, said a police officer who declined to be named because she was not authorized to speak on the matter.
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Well, there's a least half her cover blown. :rolleyes:

Any death is sad, some more than others.
 
teflon said:
Where was the rest of the family? He was seen going to the bathroom but no one thought to check up on him when he didn't come out the whole night? Slipping and hitting his head on the bathtub should produce a loud sound. It's a little odd that a person saw him going in but didn't bother checking on him when he/she heard the noise.
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Seizure's can happen extremely fast. Typically the one being affected can feel it coming on before hand, but can do absolutely nothing about it. Not even vocalize that they feel it coming on. It's typically described as a "glow" or "ora" after the fact. I have a some-what medical background (not proclaiming to be a medical genius though) and have seen patients have full tonic-clonic seizures right in front of me. They don't have control of themselves. All it takes is one hard hit to the head and the patient could be done for. I really wouldn't put too much blame on the family here. Seizures typically don't last all that long (matter of 30 seconds to a minute or two at the most from what I have learned/seen.


Accidents happen. And unfortunately this is one that couldn't be helped unless the bathroom was lined with pillows, and someone was there when it started to control his body.
 
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