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Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress. She appeared in more than 60 television and film productions, including Mischief (1985), Twins (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996), and For Love of the Game (1999). She married John Travolta in 1991, and collaborated with him on the comedy film The Experts (1989) and the biographical film Gotti (2018). She also starr…

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entertainment · American actress (1962–2020) · actor · film actor · television actor · also Kelly Preston, Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis, Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis Preston-Travolta, Kelly Smith, Preston

Born 13 October 1962 · Died 12 July 2020 · Q236842

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Public attention spiked: 18,444 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 4,860, with 0 article edits.
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Apr 2021Update
Snopes rated the claim “As of April 2021, John Travolta had remarried after the death of his wife Kelly Preston.” False.
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2026· 1 entry

May 20, 2026Documented record75% confidence

Public attention spiked: 18,444 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 4,860, with 0 article edits.

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2021· 1 entry

Apr 8, 2021Reported claimRated False · Snopes

Snopes rated the claim “As of April 2021, John Travolta had remarried after the death of his wife Kelly Preston.” False.

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2020· 2 entries

Jul 12, 2020Documented record70% confidence

Preston died at the age of 57 at her home in Clearwater, Florida, two years after she had been diagnosed with breast cancer

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Jul 12, 2020Documented record86% confidence

Died 2020-07-12.

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2011· 1 entry

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In a 2011 interview with TMZ, Preston said that Sheen did not shoot her.

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2009· 2 entries

Jan 23, 2009Documented record70% confidence

Three people were arrested in the Bahamas in connection with a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against Travolta and Preston concerning the circumstances of their son's death

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Jan 2, 2009Documented record66% confidence

Jett Travolta died at the age of 16 while the family was vacationing in the Bahamas

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2008· 1 entry

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Was cast in a television pilot called Suburban Shootout, and had a short term recurring role in Medium

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2004· 1 entry

2004Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was in the Maroon 5 music video "She Will Be Loved", which featured a love triangle and romantic scenes between her and Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine

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2003· 1 entry

2003Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Preston appeared on The Montel Williams Show to promote L

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1997· 1 entry

1997Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Starred in Nothing to Lose, which co-starred Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence

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1991· 2 entries

1991Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Traveling to Paris on an Air France Concorde for a wedding ceremony at the Hotel de Crillon (on the Place de la Concorde) on September 5, 1991

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1991Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And collaborated with him on the comedy film The Experts (1989) and the biographical film Gotti (2018)

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1990· 1 entry

1990Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

But ended the relationship shortly after an accidental gun discharge left shrapnel in her body

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1980· 1 entry

1980Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And studied drama and theater at the University of Southern California

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1962· 1 entry

Oct 13, 1962Documented record86% confidence

Born 1962-10-13.

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