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[Bianca]

Actor John Travolta with his wife, Kelly Preston,
and their son Jett in 1995.

Jett, now age 16, died while in the Bahamas with
his parents on Friday.








                     John Travolta's 16-year-old son Jett dies in the Bahamas on family vacation






BY RICH SCHAPIRO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Updated Friday,
January 2nd 2009,
4:14 PM

John Travolta's 16-year-old son died Friday in the Bahamas, reports say.

Jett Travolta passed away while on vacation with his film star dad and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, officials at Rand Memorial Hospital in Freeport told TMZ.com.

It was not immediately clear what caused the tragic death of Jett Travolta, whom many believed to be autistic.

Travolta's attorney, Michael Ossi, told the website that Jett suffered a seizure while on vacation with his family at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island.

Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful, and he died on the scene.

For years, Travolta denied his son was autistic, insisting he suffered from Kawasaki syndrome, a rare disease characterized by high fever, skin rash and swelling of the lymph nodes.