John Travolta Remembers Late Wife Kelly Preston as His "Favorite Dance Partner"

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John Travolta wrote a saccharine tribute to Kelly Preston connected what would’ve been her 60th birthday. See the photograph helium shared of the actress.

John Travolta's Sweet Birthday Tribute to Late Wife Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston volition ever beryllium the creation spouse John Travolta wants.

On what would person been his precocious wife's 60th birthday, the Grease prima shared a throwback photo of the mates astatine the June 1997 premiere of Face/Off successful Los Angeles.

The 2 are seen hugging portion Kelly, clad successful a achromatic formal with cutouts, flashes the camera a agleam smile.

"Happy day to my favourite creation partner!" helium captioned the Oct. 13 post. "We emotion you and miss you Kelly."

The 68-year-old histrion has taken clip to people the actress' day with a saccharine connection each year since her death. Last year, John shared a photograph of the histrion astatine the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

Kelly passed distant astatine age 57 successful July 2020 pursuing a two-year conflict with bosom cancer. After meeting John successful 1987 connected the acceptable of The Experts, the 2 wed in 1991.

The mates stock daughter Ella, 22, and son Benjamin, 11. Their 3rd child, Jett, died astatine property 16 successful 2009 aft experiencing a seizure during a household travel to Grand Bahama Island.

After experiencing specified nonaccomplishment successful his family, John shared what helium told Benjamin aft his lad mentioned he was acrophobic of his begetter dying.

"I said, 'But you know, Ben, you ever emotion the truth, and I'm going to archer you the information astir life: Nobody knows erstwhile they're going to spell oregon erstwhile they're going to stay," John told Kevin Hart connected Hart to Hart, "I said, 'Your member near astatine 16. Too young. Your parent near astatine 57, that was excessively young. But who's to say?' I said, 'I could dice tomorrow, you could, anybody can.'"

He added, 'So, let's look astatine beingness that it's portion of life. You see, you don't cognize exactly, you conscionable bash your champion astatine trying to unrecorded the longest you can."

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John gave further penetration into his grieving process successful April 2021, wherever helium spoke to Esquire Spain astir the "personal" acquisition that comes with mourning.

"The astir important happening you tin bash to assistance different erstwhile they are successful mourning is to let them to unrecorded it and not complicate it with yours," helium told the outlet. "Because adjacent though it's large to person company, sometimes it becomes similar you're helping them, alternatively than putting yourself to enactment overcoming feelings of nonaccomplishment and grief."

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