The teenage son of actor John Travolta has died during a family vacation in the Bahamas. Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at his family�s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island.

The teenage son of actor John Travolta has died during a family vacation in the Bahamas.

Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at his family's vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island. Police said the teenager hit his head at his family's vacation home. A house caretaker found Jett unconscious in a bathroom late yesterday morning. He was taken by ambulance to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

According to a police statement, the teenager had a history of seizures, and was last seen going into the bathroom on Thursday. Police said they are planning an autopsy to determine the cause of death. A spokeswoman for Rand Memorial Hospital in Freeport said she could not release any information because of privacy concerns.

Jett was the oldest child of Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, who also have an eight-year-old daughter, Ella.

The family arrived in the Bahamas by private plane on Tuesday and had been staying at their home in the Old Bahama Bay resort community. "The Travolta family has become like family to us at Old Bahama Bay and we extend our deepest sympathies to them," said Robert Gidel, president of Ginn Resorts.

Mr Ossi said the teenager "had a seizure at around 10 am this morning" and was "completely out of the blue".

"John and Kelly are happy when their children are happy. This is the worst day of John's life," he said. Their son's body is to be transferred to Ocala, Florida, for burial, he said Travolta and Preston, both Scientologists, have previously come under pressure to publicly acknowledge that his son suffers from autism. Travolta has said that his condition is Kawasaki syndrome, a disease characterized by high fever, skin rash and swelling of the lymph nodes.

Parents of autistic children have previously said that Travolta should join American celebrities Sylvester Stallone, Doug Flutie, Jenny McCarthy and Toni Braxton - who all have autistic children - in raising awareness of the condition.