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Title: Travolta son dies
Post by: mechanic on January 02, 2009, 04:31:39 PM
his son died of a siezure whilst on holiday in the bahamas. Thats pretty harsh for a new year present.  ouch. Always liked his acting.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090102/ten-uk-travolta-3334b85.html
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Larry on January 02, 2009, 05:00:17 PM
Sad to hear that.  :(
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: JAGED on January 02, 2009, 05:04:18 PM
Sad to hear that.  :(

+1

I wonder what a Scientology funeral look like...
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Twister2 on January 02, 2009, 05:06:05 PM
I wonder what the cause of death is. It says seizure but that seems strange. I have been a paramedic for a long time and never heard of that as a cause of death. Did he have a brain tumor or some other medical condition?
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Fulmar on January 02, 2009, 05:12:39 PM
+1

I wonder what a Scientology funeral look like...
+1
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: mechanic on January 02, 2009, 05:47:13 PM
Twister, i dont know why but my first thought was drink and drugs mixed with too much sun. They said he had a history of them (siezures), so maybe it was bad luck and he was underwater or on a balcony? does seem like they are holding soemthing back, and damn right too, its not our business.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Skyeho on January 02, 2009, 06:00:00 PM
News also says he hit his head during the fall.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: texasmom on January 02, 2009, 07:08:18 PM
I wonder what the cause of death is. It says seizure but that seems strange. I have been a paramedic for a long time and never heard of that as a cause of death. Did he have a brain tumor or some other medical condition?
Yes, he had a medical condition.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: mechanic on January 02, 2009, 07:13:26 PM
whatever the cause, its pretty tragic.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on January 02, 2009, 07:36:15 PM
He was diagnosed years ago, I think with something called "Kawasaki Syndrome" or something of that nature. It causes swelling and failure of random organs. He was rarely seen in public, and near death more than once. Jumping to the conclusions of drugs or alcohol is at least a little uncalled for and premature. What difference does it make what the funeral is like? A boy is dead, at an early age, and his family has suffered a great and painful loss.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Hajo on January 02, 2009, 07:43:03 PM
I don't need to know how.  It's a personal tragedy.

My condolances to the family.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: mechanic on January 02, 2009, 07:51:45 PM
He was diagnosed years ago, I think with something called "Kawasaki Syndrome" or something of that nature. It causes swelling and failure of random organs. He was rarely seen in public, and near death more than once. Jumping to the conclusions of drugs or alcohol is at least a little uncalled for and premature. What difference does it make what the funeral is like? A boy is dead, at an early age, and his family has suffered a great and painful loss.


Well said, it was just my Honest first thought. Being ignorant of the history and now knowing more I do feel a little wrong for suggesting it.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Fugita on January 02, 2009, 08:35:07 PM
+1

I wonder what a Scientology funeral look like...


Here's some semi-interesting read on the matter.

http://www.cesnur.org/2005/pa_dericquebourg.htm



You were always my favorite SweatHog Vinnie :cry I'm sorry for your loss  :cry



"Up your nose with a rubber hose" :cry


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Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Skyeho on January 02, 2009, 10:31:41 PM
Children with Kawasaki disease also have a high incidense of heart and coronary abnormalities.  It manly affects the Asian culture and African Americans.  Tragic  no matter how you look at it.  I lost a son 12 years ago and I feel for them. God Bless them.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: mensa180 on January 02, 2009, 10:51:57 PM
Ouch :(.  My brother met Travolta a couple times at cast parties when he worked on movies and said that he was one of the more "down to earth" actors he had met, and treated people well.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Masherbrum on January 02, 2009, 11:05:43 PM
Kids should outlive the parents. 

That is tragic as John seems like a down to Earth guy.   
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: rpm on January 03, 2009, 12:15:19 AM
There is no pain greater than losing a child. My deepest condolences to the family.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: John Curnutte on January 03, 2009, 12:42:08 AM
 I could not imagine how this must feel for them , and its true kids should always outlive the parents. I read this in the news today and its just terrible . My condolances to the family .
                                                                               Nutte
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: eagl on January 03, 2009, 12:53:23 AM
I read an interesting blurb about a possible cause for the kid's medical condition...  It's apparently related to over-exposure to cleaning chemicals, and John Travolta has admitted that he somewhat obsessively cleaned his child's carpet (and probably the rest of his childhood environment).  That's gotta be a terrible thing, trying to protect your kid and finding out later that your efforts might have killed him.  Whether the obsessive cleaning caused the condition or not doesn't matter, because he'll always wonder and that's a terrible thing to have to live with.

Every day I wonder if I'm doing the right things for my kid... 
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Guppy35 on January 03, 2009, 12:56:26 AM
I could not imagine how this must feel for them , and its true kids should always outlive the parents. I read this in the news today and its just terrible . My condolances to the family .
                                                                               Nutte

Saw this on the news earlier.

Another family joins the club from hell.  The suckiest place to be.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Curval on January 03, 2009, 07:55:32 AM
I read an interesting blurb about a possible cause for the kid's medical condition...  It's apparently related to over-exposure to cleaning chemicals, and John Travolta has admitted that he somewhat obsessively cleaned his child's carpet (and probably the rest of his childhood environment).  That's gotta be a terrible thing, trying to protect your kid and finding out later that your efforts might have killed him.  Whether the obsessive cleaning caused the condition or not doesn't matter, because he'll always wonder and that's a terrible thing to have to live with.

Every day I wonder if I'm doing the right things for my kid... 

We were told about this after our two sons were diagnosed with asthma.  The specialist recommended we get rid of all carpets and NOT try to keep them clean using chemicals etc. and used the Travolta case to back it up.

Damn, I was JUST talking about this the other day and my sister mentioned that she'd heard the same thing about Travolta's kid and that the boy had severe long-term medial problems because of it.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: mechanic on January 26, 2009, 04:49:51 PM
well now this is very interesting to those of us who felt bad for our conspiracy theories...


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090126/ten-travolta-plot-paramedic-charged-5f8abb3.html


what could it be about i wonder
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: texasmom on January 26, 2009, 04:54:50 PM
Horrible that others would seek to gain personal benefit from the tragedy within another family.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: WilldCrd on January 26, 2009, 05:44:33 PM
Horrible that others would seek to gain personal benefit from the tragedy within another family.

its pathetic that some stunninghunk or stunninghunks would pull this.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Chalenge on January 26, 2009, 06:38:46 PM
I saw this on the news last week where (I think it was) CNN reported a photo of the boy would be released to the media if the extortion was not paid.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: mechanic on January 26, 2009, 06:47:47 PM
thats horrendous...you mean they had a photo of him dying? I wondered if it was infomation on why he died that was the blackmail.
Title: Re: Travolta son dies
Post by: Chalenge on January 26, 2009, 08:03:35 PM
Who knows? You know so much of 'news' these days is mere opinion and speculation without the responsibility of credibility you cant rely on anything you see on TV or read in the newspapers. Its nothing short of media anarchy anymore.