Learning to Live With Grief

HOW JOHN TRAVOLTA FOUND THE STRENGTH TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER SUFFERING UNIMAGINABLE PERSONAL LOSS

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Jett Travolta would have turned 33 on April 13 — but it’s a birthday he never reached. He died at 16 after suffering a seizure during a family vacation in the Bahamas in 2009.

But 16 years later, his father, actor John Travolta, still marked his firstborn’s special day. “Happy birthday Jett — I miss you so much!” the Grease star wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of his beloved eldest son, who was autistic, hugging him as a small boy. “Love you forever!”