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John Travolta's son dies in the Bahamas

By WIRE REPORTS
June 15, 2009

The son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston died Friday during a family vacation in the Bahamas, according wire reports.

Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island, said Michael Ossi, the family's attorney.

People tried to revive him but he died at the scene, Ossi said.

Jett Travolta had a history of seizures. Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston also have a daughter, Ella Blue, who was born in 2000.

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