John Travolta is remembering his late son, dress.
Fiction The actor went to Instagram on Sunday, April 13, to commemorate what would have been the 33rd birthday of Jett.
Sharing a reversible photo of himself holding a new Jett, who can be seen playing with his father’s ears, Travolta wrote, “Happy birthday Jett – I miss you very much!”
Jett died at the age of 16 in January 2009 during family holidays in the Bahamas. The young man died after suffering from a seizure.
Travolta, 71, shared Jett, Daughter Ella bought and son Benjamin, 14, with his late wife, Kelly Preston. Preston died at the age of 57 in July 2020 after encountering breast cancer.
“With a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer,” shared travolta in an Instagram post announcing the news at the time. “She fought a bold war with the love and support of so much. My family and I will be forever grateful to the doctors and nurses at MD Anderson Cancer Center, all the medical centers that have helped, as well as her many friends and loved ones who have been with her.”
“Kelly’s love and life will always be remembered. I will take some time to be there for my children who have lost their mother, so forgive me in advance if you don’t hear from us for a while.
Travolta has previously been open to how he deals with grief after losing his eldest son and his wife.
“I learned that lamenting someone, dealing with grief is something very personal,” Travolta said Esquire Spain In April 2021. “Lamentation is individual and experiencing your journey is what can lead you to recover. Your grief is different from another person’s journey.”
“The most important thing you can do to help another person when they are in mourning is to allow them to live through him and not complicate it with yours,” he explained. “Let’s say you lose someone and at the funeral you are very sad, then another person approaches you who feel more sad and then leaves not enough room to mourn. It would be as if two boats fall to the end. That’s my experience.”
