For 30 years,John Travoltaand actress Kelly Preston had one of Hollywood’s most solid marriages.
But it wasn’t Broadway that made Travolta a star.
Hollywood did that, and Travolta entered the Hollywood dating life quickly.
“I thought I was in love before, but I wasn’t,” said Travolta toldPeoplein 1977.
“From the moment I met her I was attracted.
We were like two maniacs talking all the time on the set of’Bubble.'
After a month it became romantic …
I had more fun with Diana than I ever had in my life.
And the odd thing is just before we met I thought I would never have a successful relationship.
She told me that she too had thought the same thing.
Then, bam.”
Sadly, Hyland died of breast cancer in 1977 and Travolta was there for her during her last days.
Travolta met Marilu Henner when they were both in the 1974 musical “Over Here!”
(viaBiography) but their relationship didn’t begin until 1978, one year after Hyland died.
By then, Henner was starring in her own sitcom, “Taxi.”
There were other rumored relationships during the time Travolta and Henner were reportedly dating.
By 1990, the pair was engaged.
They wed in 1991 and welcomed their first child, Jett, in 1992.
Eight years later, a daughter, Ella, was born.
Jett hit his head on the bathtub and tragically drowned.
It was a shock to many, as Preston had been fighting cancer for two years before she succumbed.
Her family asks for your understanding of their need for privacy at this time" (viaPeople).
