Kelly Preston Dies After Battle with Breast Cancer

Kelly Preston has passed away after a two-year battle with breast cancer. John Travolta, Preston’s husband of almost 30 years, announced the actress’s death on social media.

Preston began her acting career when she was 16 after being discovered by a fashion photographer She would go on to star in such films as Space Camp with Lea Thompson, The Experts with Travolta, Twins with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, From Dusk till Dawn with George Clooney, Jerry Maguire with Tom Cruise, The Cat and the Hat with Mike Myers and Alec Baldwin,  For Love of the Game with Kevin Costner, The Last Song with Miley Cyrus and Sky High with Kurt Russell. Her last screen appearance was in 2018’s Gotti, with John Travolta. Preston also had numerous television appearances, including a run on CSI: Cyber with Patricia Arquette and Ted Danson.

Sadly, this was not the first tragedy that the family has endured. Preston and Travolta’s son Jett passed away in 2009 from a seizure. Beside her husband, Preston also left behind the couple’s twenty-year-old daughter Ella Bleu and their nine-year-old son son Benjamin.

Kelly Preston was 57.

 

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It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer. She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many. My family and I will forever be grateful to her doctors and nurses at MD Anderson Cancer Center, all the medical centers that have helped, as well as her many friends and loved ones who have been by her side. Kelly’s love and life will always be remembered. I will be taking some time to be there for my children who have lost their mother, so forgive me in advance if you don’t hear from us for a while. But please know that I will feel your outpouring of love in the weeks and months ahead as we heal. All my love, JT

A post shared by John Travolta (@johntravolta) on Jul 12, 2020 at 10:20pm PDT