Travolta Memorial Small, Sans Stars

We made dozens of calls yesterday re: Jett Travolta's memorial service and it appears the stars will not be flocking to Ocala, Florida.

From all signs, the service will be relatively small and held at the home of John Travolta and Kelly Preston. So far there are no overt signs Tom Cruise will show. Oprah definitely won't because she's out of the country. Ditto Will Smith, who's in Berlin. Jenna Elfman's rep says she's "unsure" if Jenna will attend.

We've been at the local airports and so far no celebs have flown in for tomorrow's service.

On the other hand, the local flower shops say they've been flooded with orders.

From all appearances the memorial is a small, close-friends-and-family affair. So far the local sheriffs haven't been asked to provide security -- further proof it will be low-key.

We're at the airports today. To be continued ...

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61. Karma can be a drag..........All things happen for a reason. Hope John can now smell the coffee for real.

Posted at 12:49PM on Jan 7th 2009 by OHWELL

62. I don't see how TMZ is stalking them since they are at an airport and not their house. Airport = public place. If they were at their house then yeah, I could better understand your statements - either way you came here, scrolled down to look for info on Jett, then you clicked the link and replied. Why invest the time if you are opposed to TMZ reporting this?

Posted at 1:04PM on Jan 7th 2009 by Kailen

63. I, Galactic Warlord XENU (OT Level XV), will certainly be attending along with over 1 billion Thetan buddies. Hope there is an open bar.

My DC-8 spaceship is on final approach.

Posted at 1:10PM on Jan 7th 2009 by Lord Xenu

64. I'm astounded actress Anne Archer broke the 'wall of silence' and stated in interview that the poor kid was obviously suffering from severe mental disabilities.

Posted at 1:40PM on Jan 7th 2009 by Anne

65. come on TMZ. this families child died. does it really matter who shows up for their kids memorial? if you see a celeb at the airport...what are you gonna do? INTRUDE on their life as always? its no ones business who shows up! leave the travoltas sad time alone. let someone grieve in peace for once!

Posted at 5:13PM on Jan 7th 2009 by pink

66. It's one thing to stalk celebs while they're out on the street drinking, partying, whatever... But to camp out waiting for a glimpse of a family mourning the loss of their child is unforgiveable. I love you TMZ, but please, leave this poor family alone during this time.

Posted at 12:49PM on Jan 8th 2009 by jb

67. Supersecret Scientology medicine as described personally by my prophet L Ron Hubbard in 1968.

Its quite amazing actually.

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Talk:Scientology_cult_Hubbard_Class_VIII_Assists_Xenu_lecture_recording_1968

Posted at 1:53PM on Jan 7th 2009 by Lord Xenu

68. I read TMZ all the time but I think this story should be dropped. You should really just back off and let the family grieve in private. A young boy has died and the stalking of the family and friends is just wrong.

Posted at 1:55PM on Jan 7th 2009 by melissa

69. Well if no one can understand WHY they more than likely have ASKED their famous friends to stay away OR perhaps the friends themselves such as Tom Cruise & Oprah have VOLUNTEERED to stay away, then they're pretty dense!

This is John & Kelley's CHILD for God's sake!

There's going to be enough craziness from the nutso media who show up to all celebrity or celebrity related funerals, clammering, clawing and acting like it's some kind of party atmosphere without other big stars/celebs being there causing an even bigger uproar

This is NOT party-time folks. It's the WORST possible thing that could ever happen to parents, the loss of their beloved child.

It's not a media event. Not a party.

The media including YOU TMZ, have already pushed, shoved and bought their way into this most difficult and private time which is disgusting

Let this poor family grieve and mourn in peace. John & Kelley by all accounts have always been a very "non public" couple. That's one reason they MOVED to FL in the first place. They wanted to raise their children away from the craziness of H'wood and from relatives of mine who live in Ocala and have met John and Kelley and their children, they HAVE been able to do that.

Now that they truly NEED their privacy and space, they're being inundated with crazy paps and so-called "reporters"; "newsshows" and of course, the everyready tabs!

LEAVE these people ALONE! Go make up your stories and photoshop your pics like most of you do (not accusing TMZ here Harvey but if the shoe happens to fit you should wear it guys) anyway and leave John, Kelley & little Ella alone

I think it's a gracious and admirable gesture by their friends including Tom Cruise and Oprah (because I'm SURE that Oprah could afford to fly back into the country if need-be) to stay away and offer their love & support from afar rather than showing up to create an even crazier media frenzy.

Maybe John & Kelley asked them to not come because they simply want to have this private time to grieve and mourn and honor their son, I don't know, BUT either way or both ways, if their closest friends aren't to be there, the rest of us including the media needs to respect their wishes and their need to be alone during this horrible time.

All this unnecessary speculation by the media and everyone here and elsewhere is really terrible too IMHO.

This isn't some "Anna Nicole" questionable death or a young man or family who sought out sensationalism in life or in death. This is a family, a loving private family who has lost their beloved child. THEY have no question about the cause of death so why is everyone else who is NOT affected like these parents & family are, so "concerned" about what "really happened"?

Jett had health problems period and a terrible horrible accident and health issue claimed him way too young.

All this "concerned" speculation by the general public and media only hurts the family and they're going through enough pain and hell.

My condolences and deepest sympathy goes out to John, Kelley and Ella. As a parent myself, I can't even imagine the pain and grief of losing a child. It would simply kill me.

My thoughts & prayers are with them all. I don't know them of course and words even from those closest to them can't bring them solace or ease their pain right now much less from us strangers, however, I hope that all this outpouring of concern and love, thoughts & prayers across the country and world will at least show them how sorry we all are and that we're thinking of them & doing all we know how to do in times like these....just send them our love, support and prayers

Posted at 1:57PM on Jan 7th 2009 by Kathy S

70. To sum everything up.

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Talk:Scientology_cult_Hubbard_Class_VIII_Assists_Xenu_lecture_recording_1968

"(exclamation) Bull! They got fleas. A colloquial term - derogatory term for a body thetan - they got fleas. That's the routine. And that is a sort of a review assist which gets the guy running who ain't got any. Do you see how it's done - how that is done exactly by the book. You fly the needle you find the engram chain, it all goes F/N. Now you have got the gradients of assists, and there they are spread out in front of your face. There are not many to know how to do. There is not very much to knowing how to do. There is a great deal to knowing when to do what. You have to know when to do what. Well there is not many choices there either.

So the net result of all of this is, that there are assists to assist somebody to run his grades on solo, and there are the other types of assists. and they run the gamut from making him touch his head to the door he bumped on through to flying the needle, finding an engram chain, finding an incident one and the individual gets started again on three.

Got it?

(end of tape) "

So you see, Jett simply wasnt flying the needle and bumped his head too hard when the body thetan went all engram on him.

In honor of Jett, I am cutting a deal with Kawasaki to produce a line of Jett Ski's withi his face one each one. Turbo charged of course so you can outrun them nasty body thetans and wont need to pay $360,000 to get audited.

Posted at 2:25PM on Jan 7th 2009 by Lord Xenu

71. $cientology is NOT a religion, so to do this for "religious reasons" is bogus. Kawasaki Syndrome rarely affects anyone over the age of 8 and then it's generally an acute case, not something that lasts a lifetime. Also, less than 1% actually die from it. My guess from working in the medical field is that he was most definetly autistic with a seizure disorder that they probably refused to treat. I feel bad that a child was lost, but there needs to be someone looking into the parenting of $cientologists. I'm sure the Heavens Gate cult loved their children too.

Posted at 3:01PM on Jan 7th 2009 by My OPINION

72. Also, I have NOT seen TMZ trying to get comments from the Travoltas, so YES, TMZ is letting them grieve. It's a story, whether you like it or not and YOU all clicked on the page and read it and then posted, so get off your high horses because they do things like sit at the airport for people like YOU.

Posted at 3:01PM on Jan 7th 2009 by My OPINION

73. Hanging out at the airport, scoping it out to see who's arriving for a funeral is about as low as you can go. Leave them alone and let them grieve in peace. Harvey, how would you feel if this happened to you and your family.

Posted at 4:45PM on Mar 8th 2009 by Marcy

74. For those of you who claim you don't care, why are you even here? Yes, I agree it's sick for people to sit at an airport waiting to see who shows up for a funeral just to get a story. But, that's their job. And again, we're all here reading it anyway.
Let the Travolta family say goodbye to their son in peace!

Posted at 6:37PM on Jan 7th 2009 by ruth

75. That's it! I will no longer view tmz online or on air - I will ban the advertisers too! You are going far to far with you coverage of this tragic loss. It is not anyones business, mine or others, who attends Jett's funeral, what funeral home is handling arrangements, how the family is coping - nothing. You all need to pray this doesn't happen to your sons or daughters - your disgusting!

Posted at 5:57PM on Jan 7th 2009 by FedUp

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