Jett Travolta dead: John Travolta son, Jett Travolta, dies at 16

Jett Travolta, John Travolta's son is dead - another tragic news for the beginning of the year. Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, has died during a family vacation.

The tragedy happened during a family vacation in the Bahamas at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Old Bahama Island. A police spokeswoman said Jett apparently banged his head on a bathtub Friday morning. Efforts were made to revive Jett, but he was pronounced dead at Rand Memorial Hospital, police said. There have been reports that Jett Travolta was autistic, though Travolta has denied it, saying he suffers from Kawasaki Syndrome, a condition which
often leads to heart disease.

According to reports, Jett Travolta was last seen going into the bathroom of their private suite at the Old Bahama Bay Resort sometime yesterday. The body was later discovered by the caretaker, Jeff Michael Kathrein. It is suspected that the young Tavolta hit his head on the bathtub as a result of a seizure. According to the family attorney, Michael Ossi, Jett had a history of seizures - a painful side effect of Kawasaki disease/Kawasaki syndrome which may also lead to heart problems. The official cause of death will not be known until an autopsy is done later today.

Jett Travolta, named for his dad's love of flying, was the couple's oldest child. They also have a daughter, Ella Bleu, born in 2000.

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Meanwhile, here is a short description of Kawasaki disease/Kawasaki syndrome from Wikipedia:

Kawasaki disease, also known as lymph node syndrome, mucocutaneous node disease, infantile polyarteritis and Kawasaki syndrome, is a poorly understood self-limited vasculitis that affects many organs, including the skin and mucous membranes, lymph nodes, blood vessel walls, and the heart. It is not contagious. It was first described in 1967 by Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki in Japan.

Kawasaki disease often begins with a high and persistent fever that is not very responsive to normal doses of paracetamol (acetaminophen) or ibuprofen. The fever may persist steadily for up to two weeks and is normally accompanied by irritability. Affected children develop red eyes, red mucous membranes in the mouth, red cracked lips, a "strawberry tongue", iritis, keratic precipitates (detectable by an ophthalmologist but usually too small to be seen by the unaided eye), and swollen lymph nodes. Skin rashes occur early in the disease, and peeling of the skin in the genital area, hands, and feet (especially around the nails and on the palms and soles) may occur in later phases. Some of these symptoms may come and go during the course of the illness. If left untreated, the symptoms will eventually relent, but coronary artery aneurysms will not improve, resulting in a significant risk of death or disability due to myocardial infarction (heart attack). If treated in a timely fashion, this risk can be mostly avoided and the course of illness cut short.