John Travolta opens up on grief from retreat at $15m estate

John Travolta has opened up about surviving personal loss while retreating to his $US10m ($A15m) mansion. The Hollywood icon, who sits on a $US250m ($A370m) fortune, stepped back into semi-retirement following the deaths of his 16-year-old son Jett in 2009 and his wife Kelly Preston in 2020. The Golden Globe winner revealed how he found the strength to continue raising his daughter Ella, 26, and son Ben, 15. “Life has certainly tested me,” The 72-year-old told Italian newspaper La Repubblica. “I’m not made to remain absorbed in the darkness. I can look at the darkness, but I don’t choose to die in that darkness.” MORE: Truth behind A-lister’s 4-year disappearance Swift rejected over wall, $8m neighbour act Bruno Mars shocks on $60m debt claims at 40 John Travolta has opened up about surviving personal loss while retreating to his $US10m mansion. Picture: Aurore Marechal/Getty Images Travolta’s $US10m home in Ocala, Florida. Picture: Supplied The heart of his family life remains the exclusive 550-acre Jumbolair Aviation Estates in Ocala, Florida. Travolta and Preston were the first buyers in the private airport community during the 1990s, designing a home specifically so their aircr...