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Friday, January 9 Sadness for the Travoltas
Of course I don’t know John Travolta, but like many of you, I feel that I know something of him. As a kid I watched him play Vinny Barbarino in Welcome Back Kotter. I recall my pals and I would argue over who was cooler Vinny or the Fonz. It was usually a toss up. Then I witnessed his rise to super-stardom in Saturday Night Fever. This movie changed the way people dressed and danced for a decade. Talk about power! Then I recall after a string of fairly horrible movies, his career seemed destined for B movie land until Quentin Tarentino revived not only his career but Bruce Willis’s in Pulp Fiction. Travolta was on the top of his game ever after. Okay granted the whole scientology thing weirds me out, although somehow it never felt quite as annoying with Travolta as it did with Cruise, maybe that’s because john has always seemed so much more willing to laugh at himself. Certainly performing in drag for Hairspray was a testimony to his willingness to do so and by the way, he rocked the roll. I like Travolta. I like that he loves to fly and uses his skill to fly jets. Maybe I’m wrong, but he seems like a really decent guy and most likely a great dad. Today I feel real sadness for what his pain and what Jett’s mom Kelly Preston’s pain must be like. To be enjoying a wonderful vacation in the Bahamas and then lose your beloved son, for a any parent to lose a child, it’s got to be the worst thing a person can endure. I think of the image of John trying in vain to resuscitate jett until the paramedics literally had to tear him away. It’s heart breaking. I didn’t know Jett, but I do know he was loved. He was sixteen years old with his entire life ahead of him. This is beyond tragic. John I don’t know if you will ever read this, but if for some strange reason you do. Know that myself and I’m sure countless other strangers feel for you today. I hope you find a place in your heart that enables you to survive this and to feel joy, love, happiness and hope again. I know that your life will be forever changed from this, how could it not? Good luck to you
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