John Travolta's son died this morning - link added

[KitchenWitch]

:(

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE50145920090102

[ThomCat]

1. Damn... that's heartbreaking.

A kid, a sudden seizure, and he's gone. :(

I feel bad for that family, Scientology crap aside.

[LaydeeBug]

2. that is sad. nt

[lightningandsnow]

3. So sad.

I guess it's a reminded of how any of us could die at any moment.

Live every moment as your last, I suppose.

[bigwillq]

4. That is sad.

Gone way too soon.

[graywarrior]

5. That truly sucks

There has to be nothing worse than losing a kid.

[Shell Beau]

6. 16? Wow, how tragic! This makes me sad.

[Shell Beau]

7. The MSN website said he hit his head on the tub!

Seized and then hit head on the tub. So sad.

[Taverner]

8. That sux

God knows what its like to lose a child - I hope that never happens to me

Big hugs, Mr Travolta...

:hug:

From one dad to another

[Shell Beau]

9. I hope to never know either. My mom knows and it almost killed her.

[Taverner]

13. Let's hope neither of us have to

That is a beautiful baby by the way

I can Imagine you are so proud!

[Shell Beau]

17. Very proud!! Thanks!

:)

[Taverner]

19. The kid looks ready to take on the world!

So cool!


Next year, we have to exchange Xmas Cards!!!!

[Shell Beau]

20. Oh yeah!

She will be a big kid by then!

[Taverner]

21. Well PM me your snail mail info and I'll send you mine

I can get it into our Xmas database

[amitten]

31. Shell Beau has the cutest baby on DU. Sorry everyone else,

but it's the truth.

[Taverner]

33. Most babies are cute

You try finding a cute 86 year old!

That will be my kids ;)

[Xipe Totec]

27. My mother has buried two, so far.

Both of heart attacks.

And the youngest just had a close call with tongue cancer.

But none as young as 16.

[Lavender Brown]

10. Sad, just really sad

Poor family, especially the other siblings.

[Shell Beau]

11. Especially the mom and dad.

I just can't imagine. You are supposed to die before your children. You just are.

I have lost a sibling and it was tough. He was only 24 and I was 18. But what my parents went through (especially mom) was almost as tough on me as the actual death of my brother.

[Lavender Brown]

14. I can't imagine the parents' pain

It is just unthinkable. :(

[Shell Beau]

18. I feel terrible for them. Sometimes people think

celebrities are untouchable. They aren't. 16 is so young. Too young.

[ikojo]

32. My mom buried two in less than a year

One committed suicide (July 2001) and the other died of a heart attack (May 2002). I don't think it matters that they were adults, parents are not supposed to bury children.

Three months after my brother died of a heart attack, my mom found her husband dead of a heart attack (August 2002).

[Mike 03]

12. Very, very sad. Also sad is the way the press handled his illness. NT

[Arugula Latte]

15. Oh gawd no.

:cry:

How can the parents go on after something like that?

Here is an earlier photo of him ... Looks to be maybe 7 or so here:

[Shell Beau]

23. They will pull themselves together for their daughter.

My parents did it for me and my other brother. We have never been the same though. Life can be so damn cruel sometimes.

[Arugula Latte]

30. My husband's sister died when he was very young.

They had five other kids in the family, so they had to keep functioning.

That was more than 40 years ago, and his mom still cries about the lost daughter.

[easttexaslefty]

28. you go on...you don't want too but you do n/t

[applegrove]

16. Nothing is sadder than the loss of a child.

[bookworm65t]

22. THAT'S THE DAMN TRUTH (sorry for the caps)

In my family we have lost 2 children. Both were complete opposites in every way, yet the pain is still nightmarish.

Eighteen months ago I lost my 17 year old niece to illnesses she had for seven months. She was a month shy of her 18th birthday.

My nephew was 18 months old when he died suddenly. That was almost 20 years ago, but it sure doesn't feel like it was that long.

Other than the number 18, the kicker here is that they both died in the same week of the year, which is mid-May.

:cry:

[applegrove]

25. That is terrible. Sorry for your loss.

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. Very sad. I have a lot of fondness for Travolta, even if he's an insane batshit scientologist.

He's a genuinely likeable and kind guy, and I imagine that he was a very good and "in person" kind of father, even given the oddness of his career.

Poor family. How tragic.

[KitchenWitch]

26. Definitely.

I don't really much care for his acting, but he always seems to project a decent persona. I am also guessing that he is a "hands on" kind of dad. I think if anything like this happened to either of my children I would be devastated.

[Fleshdancer]

29. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy

No one should lose a child. My deepest condolences to the entire family and friends. :cry: