John Travolta pens poignant tribute to late wife Kelly Preston on first Mother’s Day since her death
John Travolta pens poignant tribute to late wife Kelly Preston on first Mother’s Day since her death from cancer at 57
- Travolta and Preston married in 1991 and were together until her death last July
- The couple had three children together – Jett, who died in 2009 at 16, Ella, 21, and Benjamin, 10
- ‘We love and miss you,’ the Grease star wrote on Instagram on Sunday
Sunday marked the first Mother’s Day since Kelly Preston passed away from breast cancer at age 57.
And her widower John Travolta posted a poignant tribute to her on his Instagram.
Sharing photos of himself and Kelly with their children, the Hollywood star wrote: ‘Dearest Kelly, you brought into my life three of the most wonderful children I have ever known. Thank you. We love and miss you. Happy Mother’s Day.’
John Travolta posted a poignant tribute to his late wife Kelly Preston on Sunday, the first Mother’s Day following her death last July. He shared photos of himself and Kelly with daughter Ella, son Benjamin and their late son Jett who died in 2009 at age 16
In the first of two photos Travolta, 67, shared, he and Kelly are seen with daughter Ella Bleu, now 21, and newborn son Benjamin, now 10.
A second photo showed the couple with their firstborn son Jett, who died in January 2009 at 16.
Jett had autism and had suffered seizures since he was young.
Travolta and Preston had married in 1991 after meeting in 1987 on the set of the movie The Experts, which was released in 1989.
Kelly passed away on July 12, 2020, after a secret two-year battle with breast cancer. She was 57. The couple, pictured in June 2018, met on a film set in 1987 and married in 1991
‘I have learned that mourning someone, mourning, is personal,’ Travolta shared with Esquire Spain. ‘Mourning is individual and experiencing your own journey is what can lead to healing’
In an interview for the May issue of Esquire Spain, The Saturday Night Fever and Grease star spoke about his experiences of grief and loss.
‘I have learned that mourning someone, mourning, is personal,’ he shared. ‘Mourning is individual and experiencing your own journey is what can lead to healing.’
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He explained: ‘The most important thing you can do to help another when they are in mourning is to allow them to live it and not complicate it with yours. That’s my experience.’
Travolta added: ‘Life is movement and a journey; what you leave behind in people, I guess that’s your legacy.’
As for his role as dad to Ella and Benjamin, the actor shared: ‘I will ensure the future of my children, help them with what they want to do with their lives.
‘It is what I do with Ella now with her films and teaching her to work in the profession,’ he said. ‘Ben is barely ten-years-old. I want to help him evolve because he has his whole life ahead of him.’
Travolta is now raising Ella, 21, and Benjamin, 10, as a single dad and told Esquire Spain’s May issue: ‘I will ensure the future of my children, help them with what they want to do with their lives’
Last month, Travolta had memorialized Jett on what would have been his 29th birthday on April 13, sharing this sweet black and white photo of the two of them together
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