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01-04-2009, 09:35 PM
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| Travolta breaks silence on son's sudden death
NASSAU Actor John Travolta broke a two-day silence over the death of his 16-year-old son Jett on Sunday, saying he and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, were "heartbroken" by their sudden loss.
Jett, who had a history of seizures, was found unconscious in a bathroom at his family's home at the Old Bahama Bay resort on Grand Bahama Island on Friday morning.
He was pronounced dead after being taken by ambulance to Rand Memorial Hospital in Freeport and an autopsy to determine the cause of death is due to be performed in the Bahamas on Monday.
"Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered," Travolta said in a statement posted on his website www.travolta.com.
"We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief. We will cherish the time that we had with him for the rest of our lives."
The statement did not refer to Jett's medical history or possible cause of death. But Travolta's lawyers, Michael Ossi and Michael McDermott, were quoted on Sunday as saying Jett apparently suffered from grand mal, a type of epilepsy marked by convulsions and loss of consciousness.
He was on an anti-seizure medication called Depakote for several years, Ossi and McDermott told the celebrity website TMZ.
They said the drug was suspended after it lost its effectiveness amid concern about side effects, however, and Jett had been suffering about one extremely serious seizure a week.
Travolta and his wife have said previously that Jett became very sick when he was a toddler and was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, which leads to inflammation of the blood vessels in young children.
Ossi and McDermott did not immediately return calls from Reuters on Sunday seeking comment. Travolta's publicists have declined to comment on autopsy or funeral plans for the actor's teenage son. http://www.theprovince.com/Entertain...248/story.html | 
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01-05-2009, 12:38 AM
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Xenu must have got him!
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ahh..sad...
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Originally Posted by The_AK Xenu must have got him! | Immature. 
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01-05-2009, 01:48 AM
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Very sad. Rip.
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01-05-2009, 02:34 AM
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01-05-2009, 10:11 AM
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autopsy today, hes only 16
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wow rip.
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Originally Posted by caronimo autopsy today, hes only 16 | they needed an autopsy to figure that out?
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Originally Posted by unit they needed an autopsy to figure that out? | no, just mentioning that he was only a 16 year old kid
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My heart goes out to the Travolta family.....however, rumors persist that his son was autistic and the Travolta family refused to treat autism due to their beliefs in Scienetology.
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For some reason, the first thought that came to my mind when I read this in the 24hrs paper is the opening scene of FACE-OFF...
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Originally Posted by Z3guy My heart goes out to the Travolta family.....however, rumors persist that his son was autistic and the Travolta family refused to treat autism due to their beliefs in Scienetology. | Scientology makes you lose all sorts of credibility. Regardless, RIP for a great actor and his family.
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poor kid.
rip.
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Scientology is what kept him alive as long as he was.
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01-05-2009, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Z3guy My heart goes out to the Travolta family.....however, rumors persist that his son was autistic and the Travolta family refused to treat autism due to their beliefs in Scienetology. | Even though the article states he was on anti- seizure medicine?
RIP to the boy, far too young.
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01-05-2009, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by unit they needed an autopsy to figure that out? | the police said he was dead for 10hrs or so when they got the call, and how he died isnt really known as he was found on the bathroom floor
Travolta says its not true and they were there the moment he went down (or something along those lines)
glad to see CNN is more concerned with travoltas handicapped son then the 500+ dead 1000's injured in Palestine though
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01-06-2009, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by StylinRed the police said he was dead for 10hrs or so when they got the call, and how he died isnt really known as he was found on the bathroom floor
Travolta says its not true and they were there the moment he went down (or something along those lines)
glad to see CNN is more concerned with travoltas handicapped son then the 500+ dead 1000's injured in Palestine though | Stalin said it best: "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
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Originally Posted by Black SC2 Stalin said it best: "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." | Wow, I never knew Stalin said that.
But I think that's one of the best quotes I've ever read in my life.
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that is sad to hear
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