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Actors are parents to 10-year-old Ella Bleu; son Jett died last year of a seizure. By Kelley L. Carter John Travolta and Kelly Preston Photo: Getty Images A year ago, John Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston, were grieving the loss of their 16-year-old son, Jett, who died of a seizure in January 2009. On Tuesday (May 18), they announced that Preston, 47, is pregnant. “It’s impossible to keep a secret … especially one as wonderful as this,” the couple said in a statement. “We want to be the first to share this great news with everyone that we are expecting a new addition to our family. Love, John, Kelly and Ella.” Travolta, 56, and Preston also are parents to 10-year-old Ella Bleu. Jett died while on vacation with his family in the Bahamas, at the family’s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island. Jet hit his head in a bathtub and was declared dead at Rand Memorial Hospital. People magazine reported that Preston told Montel Williams in 2003 that when Jett was 2 he became “very, very ill, but it seemed like flu symptoms” before being diagnosed with Kawasaki disease. The condition, which usually affects children from ages 2 to 5, can cause inflammation of the arteries; the disease can lead to lasting heart damage in rare cases. The news of the pregnancy comes on the heels of reports that two dogs who belonged to Travolta were struck and killed at Bangor International Airport in Maine on Thursday. The accident happened shortly after he and members of his family landed there. The dogs were both on leashes while being walked and were making their way to some grass when they were hit by an airport service truck. Send well-wishes to the Travolta family in the comments.

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John Travolta And Kelly Preston Expecting A Baby