LONG MARRIAGE TO JOHN TRAVOLTA

AND BEING A MOTHER TO THE

COUPLE’S THREE CHILDREN.

THIS MORNING FAMILY, FRIENDS,

AND FANS ARE MOURNING THE LOSS

OF ACTRESS KELLY PRESTON WHO

DIED SUNDAY AT 57.

HER HUSBAND JOHN TRAVOLTA

WRITING OVERNIGHT IT IS WITH A

VERY HEAVY HEART THAT I INFORM

YOU THAT MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE LOST

HER BATTLE WITH BREAST CANCER.

PRESTON HAD BEEN UNDERGOING

MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR SOME TIME.

TRA VOLT TA THANKING THE

DOCTORS, NURSES, FRIENDS, AND

LOVED ONES WHO HAVE BEEN BY HER

SIDE.

BORN IN HONOLULU, HAWAII,

PRESTON STUDIED ACTING AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN

CALIFORNIA.

THEY MET WHILE FILMING “THE

EXPERTS”.

THEY GOT ENGAGED IN 1991

MARRYING LATER THAT YEAR GOING

ON TO BECOME ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S

BELOVED POWER COUPLES.

ON SCREEN PRESTON HAD A LENGTHY

ACTING CAREER IN TELEVISION AND

MOVIES STARRING OPPOSITE A

NUMBER OF HOLLYWOOD’S

HEAVYWEIGHTS.

SHE PLAYED TOM CRUISE’S FIERY

FIANCE IN “JERRY MAGUIRE.”

>> I DON’T CRY AT MOVIES.

AND I DON’T TELL A MAN WHO JUST

SCREWED UP BOTH OUR LIVES, OH,

POOR BABY.

THAT’S ME FOR BETTER OR WORSE.

>> Reporter: APPEARING WITH

KEVIN COSTNER IN “FOR LOVE OF

THE GAME.”

>> I MISSED MY PLANE.

I HAD TO STAY AT THE AIRPORT

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HOTEL.

>> YOU MISSED YOUR PLANE?

>> THERE WAS THIS BALL GAME ON.

>> Reporter: BOTH PRACTICING

SCIENTOLOGISTS, SHE AND TRAVOLTA

HAD THREE CHILDREN TOGETHER.

ELLA 20, BENJAMIN 9, AND SON

JETT WHO DIED BACK IN 2009 AFTER

AGE 16 AFTER SUFFERING A

SEIZURE.

THE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOLLOWING THE

BIRTH OF SON BENJAMIN WAS

SOMETHING THAT HAD HELPED EASE

THE FAMILY’S HEART ACHE OVER

LOSING JETT.

SHE SPOKE TO “TODAY” IN 2011.

>> IT’S BEEN WONDERFULLY

HEALING.

IT’S STILL EVERY DAY, BUT IT’S

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BEEN, I THINK, A REALLY NICE

GIFT.

>> Reporter: DAUGHTER ELLA

POSTING A HEARTWARMING TRIBUTE

TO HER MOTHER ON SUNDAY WRITING,

ANYONE WHO IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO

HAVE KNOWN YOU OR TO HAVE EVER

BEEN IN YOUR PRESENCE WILL AGREE

THAT YOU HAVE A GLOW AND A LIGHT

THAT NEVER CEASES TO SHINE.

AND THAT MAKES ANYONE AROUND YOU

FEEL INSTANTLY HAPPY.

>> JUST THE SADDEST STORY.

JOE, TRIBUTES, I KNOW, ARE

POURING IN FROM ALL OVER

HOLLYWOOD.

HOW ARE THEY REMEMBERING HER?

>> Reporter: WELL, TAKE RUSSELL

CROWE, FOR EXAMPLE.

HE RECALLS MEETING PRESTON IN

1992 AND SAYS SHE WAS SUCH A

LOVELY PERSON ADDING, I HAVEN’T

SEEN HER MUCH BUT WHEN I DID,

SHE WAS ALWAYS THE SAME SPARKLY

EYED GEM.

FROM ACTOR JOSH GAD, WHAT A

BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING ACTRESS

AND PERSON.

MY HEART GOES OUT