02 Jan 09 John Travolta starts off the New Year with the death of his son Jett

Well… as I finalize my thoughts of my Christmas with Zachary and Tristan, my mom and … my grandmother in major surgery today (at 96 years!) it was sad to hear that Jett Travolta passed away. Jett Travolta is the son of John Travolta who is pretty iconic – I think most people my age have grown up with him, be it in Saturday Night Fever or Grease or the many more serious (and challenging) roles that he did after the 80s.

Apparently Jett Travolta had a history of seizures and suffered one on Friday at about 10:00 am. While some reports in the past said that Jett was autistic, John Travolta denied that – saying it was Kawasaki Syndrome – some sort of lymph node illness.

Ironic that my 96 year old grandmother made it through major surgery today, yet a 16 year old succumbs to a sudden death.

More details from the AFP:

CNN has also published a nice story including the statement from the Travolta family about the untimely passing of Jett.

Tags: autism, Health, Jett Travolta, Kawasaki Syndrome, Kids, surgery