Jett Travolta Cause Of Death: What Happened To John Travolta’s Son?
Olivia House
Published Feb 15, 2026
Jett Travolta, the son of actor John Travolta, died in January 2009, after suffering a seizure during a family vacation in Bahamas. He was 16 at the time.
Jeff had been an autistic child before his death.
His father, John had taken to social media to write a tribute, adding that Jett would have clocked 29.
“Happy birthday my beautiful Jetty. I love you.”
Jett Travolta also had siblings Ella and Benjamin.
Ella shared a tribute to honor her late brother Jett, writing, “I love you Jetty. Happy Birthday”
Jett’s mother, Preston, had passed on in July 2020, at age 58. She had died of breast cancer.
Who Is John Travolta?
Johnnie an American actor who came to prominence in the 1970s after appearing on the TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979).
He went on to appear in the Carrie (1976), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease (1978), and Urban Cowboy (1980), Get Shorty (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Phenomenon (1996), Face/Off (1997), A Civil Action (1998), Primary Colors (1998), Hairspray (2007), and Bolt (2008).
