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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 1:27 pm
here's a little more infor from Rueters NASSAU (Reuters) - 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. 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.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 1:45 pm
OMG - He was just a kid, that's absolutely heartbreaking. That poor family! 
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 2:18 pm
That poor kid's troubles are over, but his parents and sister have a lot of pain to deal with now. How shocking. I feel very sorry for all of them.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 2:37 pm

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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 2:43 pm
Oh my god ... how incredibly sad.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 2:50 pm
How terribly tragic. I just saw it as I signed on. The poor family. They were showing replays on CNN last night of the bits with Anderson and Kathy and he was still cracking up. It was bleeped when they showed again.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 2:51 pm
That is really heartbreaking. I always thought they seemed like such a nice family. I feel so sad for them. Here is some other news, happier news. Woody Harrelson married his girlfriend of over 20 yrs. The longtime couple already have three children together, daughters Denni Montana, 15, Zoe Giordano, 23, and Makani Ravello, 2. What an age difference.
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 3:03 pm

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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 3:06 pm
re jett travolta - this makes me so sad...he suffered from chemical sensitivities, and they did such a great job giving him a safe diet/environment
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 3:14 pm
How tragic and heartbreaking. I can't even imagine.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 3:56 pm
My heart goes out to their family. I can't even imagine the pain they're in.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 4:21 pm
That's so sad.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 4:24 pm
This has more information updated at that TMZ site: http://www.tmz.com/2009/01/02/john-travoltas-son-dies/
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 5:40 pm
Very sad . May he rest in peace and his family find peace here as they deal with this tragedy.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 7:49 pm
I've been hearing about Jett all day.. so very sad. Mia Farrow and Andre Previn's daughter, Lark, who was 35 and had two children, died on Christmas day. === I'm in the minority on Kathy Griffin. Drives me up the wall. I hated missing Anderson Cooper on NYE. But I'm glad he enjoyed it!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 7:56 pm
You know what would make so so mad (if I could even get past the sadness) is the headline that People magazine has to use: Mia Farrow's 35-Year-Old Adopted Daughter Dies WHY do they always have to include "ADOPTED"? I typically get irritated by being PC about stuff but somehow this is different, I mean why do they have to include ADOPTED??? Isn't "Mia Farrow's 35-Year-Old Daughter Dies" accurate enough? Tragic either way the headlines go... As is the news of Jett Travolta. (John Travolta's BIOLOGICAL son.)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 8:41 pm
amen Julie!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 9:56 pm
Very good point Julie!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 5:43 am
I 100% agree Julie!!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 8:27 am
I am glad to hear that I am not alone in thinking that. I just think if I were Mia and I saw that "ADOPTED" was in the headlines, that would cut my heart even more than it already was.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 9:42 am
I have two very personal reasons for agreeing with you Julie. One I can't talk about and the other has to do with me. When my dad (he adopted me) died, the priest mentioned his 3 sons, but never mentioned me. At the reception afterwards, several people introduced me as the adopted or step daughter. When you're adopted, you see the person as a parent. They aren't your "adopted" mom and dad or adopted grandparents. They ARE your parents and grandparents. It's everyone else that makes a difference.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 3:00 pm
i would have so smacked that minister, Twiggy!!! i have written tv stations and newspapers asking them why the headlines don't say 'biological child kills parent'. the other one is 'do you know their real mother?' why yes i do, she is 5' has brown hair green eyes and is raising them!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 3:17 pm
I don't have any personal reasons, I just think it's in poor taste to differentiate. Twiggy, I'm so sorry about your awful experience at your Dad's funeral. 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 4:07 pm
(((Twiggsy))) BR, it irks me too when its differentiated like that. Like when we are constantly reminded in the tabloids that Nicole & Tom's older kids are 'adopted' and floating between divorced parents who now have a 'bio' child each.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 6:32 pm
I think the best course of action is to find out what the family wants and try to use that terminology. Bella and Connor Cruise have the complication of having bio moms somewhere, adopted mom and dad and now step mom and step dad and two un-related step-sisters. In a case like that you cannot just completely ignore and label one existing couple as "mom and dad". It would behoove anyone speaking at a funeral (or wedding, even) to determine what is proper terminology for that family. Better to be inclusive rather than exclusive. And I agree, Julie.. why not "daughter of Mia Farrow and Andre Previn".
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