John Travolta’s 16-year-old son, Jett Travolta, died Friday morning 2nd January 2009, at the family’s vacation home in the Bahamas at the old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island.  John Travolta and his family are heartbroken at their son’s tragic death and have issued a statement thanking everyone for their prayers and support.The family’s lawyer Michael Ossi said the death was caused by a seizure-related incident.  The family, including Jett Travolta’s mother, Kelly Preston, and his 8-year-old sister, Ella, had been celebrating the New Year in the Bahamas.

“A nanny attempted to revive him, all attempts were made, but he couldn’t be revived,” Travolta’s attorney, Michael Ossi, who is also in the Bahamas, told ABCNews.com. “They tried as hard as they could to revive Jett.  He has had seizures in the past, but they were controlled. This one couldn’t be.”

Royal Bahamas Police Force spokeswoman Loretta Mackey told Associated Press that Jett Travolta died from hitting his head in a bathtub.

Jett Travolta’s health made national news in 2002.  It was at this time that his mother disclosed that at age 2 he had had a poorly understood condition known as Kawasaki syndrome, a collection of symptoms that stem from swollen arteries.  Researchers believe that inflammation from Kawasaki syndrome, or KS, can lead to convulsions and seizures.