John Travolta takes to Instagram to confirm his wife Kelly Preston, who appeared in films such as Jerry Maguire and Twins, has 'lost her two-year battle with breast cancer'.
American actor Kelly Preston, who appeared in the award-winning Hollywood film Jerry Maguire and was the wife of John Travolta, has died from breast cancer at the age of 57.She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018Travolta confirmed her death in a post on his Instagram page on Sunday .
"It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer," Travolta wrote.Preston was born in Hawaii in October 1962 as Kelly Kamalelehua Smith.It was in Australia that Preston was discovered by a fashion photographer at age 16 and launched her show business career.
Her most famous films include a role in Twins in 1988 with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, and as Tom Cruise's ruthless girlfriend in Jerry Maguire in 1996. Jerry Maguire was nominated for five Academy Awards, including best picture, with Cuba Gooding Jr winning Best Supporting Actor.The pair were married at a midnight ceremony in Paris in 1991 when the couple were expecting their first son, Jett.They had two other children, daughter Ella Bleu in 2000, and son Benjamin in 2010.
They last appeared together in the 2018 film Gotti, with Travolta playing John Gotti and Preston appearing as the crime boss's wife, Victoria.Both Preston and Travolta were long-time followers of Scientology.
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