An immense love, the one that bound John Travolta and Kelly Preston: 33 years together, three children, a life in the spotlight (beautiful, rich, famous) marked by great joys but also immense tragedies, such as loss of the child Jett in 2009. Then the rebirth, thanks to the arrival of the baby Benjamin in 2010. In the end the sudden Kelly’s disease, breast cancer that took it away in two years. Kelly passed away on July 12, 2020 but John never misses an opportunity to remember it and reaffirm the great love that united them. He did so again this October 13, 2021, on what would have been his 59th birthday.
“Happy birthday, Kelly. We love you and we miss you so much“: With these words, written on Instagram next to a beautiful photo of the actress, her husband and life partner John Travolta wanted to remember her once again.
John Travolta and Kelly Preston: a great love marked by great tragedies
They were a really nice couple, Kelly Preston e John Travolta: united, accomplices, always smiling and in love as if it were the first day. They met in 1990, engaged after a few months and married in 1991. In 1992, their first child, Jett, was born, then She in 2000 and Benjamin in 2010. Adepts of Scientology, their great love was studded with immense joys and as much suffering: together they had to face and overcome the death of the firstborn Jett, suffering from serious health problems (Kawasaki syndrome, or probably autism, had never been specified in detail about what he suffered), who died in 2009 from a bad fall at home. The excruciating pain had been alleviated by Benjamin’s arrival a year later.
Kelly Preston: dalle Hawaii a Hollywood
Class 1962, Kelly Preston was originally from Honolulu and had made her debut at the age of 16 as a model, thanks to her great beauty. In 1983 he made his film debut with Ten minutes to midnight. He later starred in numerous successful films such as Christine – The infernal machine by John Carpenter, Twins with Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger, but also Weekend without the dead, From dusk to dawn e Jerry Maguire, in which she played Tom Cruise’s fiancée, Avery Bishop. Also on his resume Chronic lovers, Love game, Battle for the Earth, A girl and her dream, The hour of truth and Gotti – The first godfather.
Kelly Preston and John Travolta: a very long love story
Kelly and John met in 1987 on the set of The American Experts and they were married in Paris in 1991. From their love three children were born: Jett, Ella Bleu e Benjamin. In 2009, the couple faced a tragedy: the eldest son, who suffered from autism, died during a vacation with the family in the Bahamas at just 17 years old. Only thanks to the strength of the feeling that united them, the Preston and Travolta they had been able to deal with the drama and often remembered Jett’s smile on Instagram.
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