Kelly Preston, actress and wife of John Travolta, dead at 57
- The American actress died after a two-year battle with breast cancer
- Couple’s son Jett died at age 16 in 2009 during a family holiday
Kelly Preston, who played dramatic and comic foil to actors ranging from Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire to Arnold Schwarzenegger in Twins, died on Sunday, husband John Travolta said. She was 57.
Travolta said in an Instagram post that his wife of 28 years died after a two-year battle with breast cancer.
“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 said. “She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many.”
The couple had three children together.
“Shocked by this sad news,” Maria Shriver said on Twitter. “Kelly was such a bright loving soul, a talented actress, and a loving mom and wife. My heart breaks for her family who have already known such sadness and grief.”
Preston had a lengthy acting career in movies and television, starring opposite Kevin Costner in the 1999 film For the Love of the Game. In 2003, she starred in What a Girl Wants and as the mother in the live-action adaptation of The Cat in the Hat. The following year she appeared in the music video for Maroon 5’s She Will Be Loved.
She also occasionally appeared in films with her husband, as they did in the box-office bomb Battlefield Earth in 2000.