On April 13, John Travolta [1] and Kelly Preston paid tribute to their late son, Jett, on what would have been his 27th birthday. While John shared an Instagram post with fan-made art that rendered a colorful portrait of Jett, Kelly shared a gallery of photos that included snapshots of their son smiling with his parents. Sadly, Jett — who was autistic — died in 2009 [2] at the age of 16 after having a seizure.
"Happy birthday my son I love you!" John wrote in his post. Kelly also sent well wishes, captioning her gallery, "Happy Birthday Jetty, my sweet love." Their tributes came just a week after Kelly honored Jett [3] for World Autism Awareness Day [4]. In that homage, she posted a black-and-white picture of Jett lying in bed and smiling while receiving a kiss from both his parents.
After Jett's death, John and Kelly — who also share a 19-year-old daughter named Ella [5] and an 8-year-old son named Benjamin [6] — launched the Jett Travolta Foundation [7]. The organization was founded to provide resources for children with physical impairments.
John has previously admitted that losing Jett was tough to come to terms [8] with. However, in 2016, he told Good Morning America that the birth of his second son helped him heal [9]. "Certainly having little Ben has been a beautiful kind of glue for us to rebond after a tremendous loss," he said.
