John Travolta, breast cancer took away his two great loves
The cocky but dreamy dancer, Anthony Manero, not only won Annette's heart on Saturday Night Fever in the '70s, but he also wowed crowds with his hip swaying to the beat of the Bee Gees. John Travolta's fame grew with Olivia Newton-John in Grease (Vaselina), a movie where Danny Zuko left his fans speechless with his dance steps and vocal quality.
The productions managed to transcend generations becoming movie classics. In addition to the work that the American has done for the big screen, he has also shone on stage and on television, positioning himself as one of the audience's favorite actors. Throughout his career in the medium he has met beautiful actresses, but only two managed to steal his heart.
In 1976, John Travolta starred in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble with Diana Hyland as his mother. At that time, the actor was beginning to venture into the world of acting but his career was on the rise, while the native of Ohio, United States, had already established himself, he had also ended his marriage of approximately six years with Joe Goodson.
During the filming, the performers became close and after about a month, their relationship turned into a romance. The issue that bothered the public was the age difference since Travolta was 22 years old while Hyland had turned 40, which is why she played her roles in the film. However, the couple did not care about "what they will say" and they used to respond to questions by being honest about how happy they were.
This is how the days passed until, during the Christmas festivities of the same year, Diana visited the doctor after suffering some discomfort. After a series of studies, her diagnosis was terrifying: breast cancer and the only option was a mastectomy. Unfortunately, the disease had advanced too far and just a few months later, on March 27, 1977, John Travolta's first great love lost his life.
The interpreter remained silent, he did not want to share the deep pain he felt after the death of his girlfriend. Years later, he recognized that Diana Hyland was her first great love, because before he met her he came to think that he was in love with her, but he was not. After losing her, he went ahead with his projects in the middle and met more women.
Ten years later, he met who would become his wife and mother of his three children, Kelly Preston. The actress met John Travolta at an audition for The Experts, where they had their first contact when they practiced a dance. According to what she, also an American, told Watch what happens live with Andy Cohen, she fell in love as soon as she saw the Pulp fiction actor cross the set: "It was love at first sight."
At the time, Preston was in an "unhappy" marriage with Kevin Cage and John Travolta made him believe in love again. After their divorce, the lovers shouted their love to the four winds, the interpreter proposed to her at the New Year's party in 1991, and they eloped to Paris, where they were married on September 5 of that same year at the Hotel Crillon. Weeks later they repeated the wedding in Florida.
The actors built one of the strongest and longest-lasting relationships in the medium despite speculation about her private life, They had three children: Ella, Benjamin, and Jett, unfortunately, her youngest son died at 16 years of age due to an epileptic fit that she suffered while bathing, this was derived from Kawasaki disease.
Years later, Kelly Preston was diagnosed with breast cancer and fought for nearly two years until she lost her life on July 12, 2020, at age 57. Her husband shared the heartbreaking news on social networks and since then he has tried to move on with the help of Ella and Benjamín, in addition to her professional projects.
