John Travolta honours late son Jett on what would have been his 30th birthday: 'I miss you'

John Travolta is celebrating a bittersweet occasion for his late son.

The Grease star, 68, shared a touching tribute via social media on what would have been Jett's 30th birthday.

"My dearest Jetty, I miss you more than words can say," Travolta captioned the throwback photo.

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"I think about you every day. Happy Birthday. Love, your Dad."

The actor's daughter, Ella, commented: "Happy Birthday Jetty, we love you so much."

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Travolta's son died in January 2009 while on holiday with his family in the Bahamas.

Jett, who was 16 at the time, had suffered a seizure and hit his head at their holiday home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island. After his death, Travolta and his wife, the late Kelly Preston, confirmed that their son had autism and would regularly have seizures.

Jett's 30th marks the second birthday since Preston died in July 2020 after a two-year battle with breast cancer. She was 57.

In her final tribute to Jett, shared just three months before she died, Preston posted a photo of her holding her son in her arms as they both smiled.

"Happy Birthday to our sweetest Jetty, we love you!!" she wrote.

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In November 2012, Preston opened up their son's autism while on an episode of The Doctors.

"[Jett] was autistic. He had seizures and when he was very young, he had Kawasaki Syndrome," she explained.

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