How John Travolta bounced back from devastating tragedies – from lover dying in his arms to mum’s secret cancer battle
HE’s the Hollywood heartthrob who charmed the world with performances in Grease and Saturday Night Fever – but stalking his every hit was horrific heartache. On-screen John Travolta was the “king of cool”, the alpha male men longed to be and women longed to be with. But away from the cameras, he struggled with the loss of the three closest women in his life to breast cancer, his son’s sudden death and battled crippling confidence issues.