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fate, John’s first love, Diana Hyland, also died in his arms of breast cancer in 1977. A decade later, John met Kelly. The pair wed in 1991 and soon welcomed a son, Jett, and daughter, Ella. Sadly, tragedy struck in January 2009 when Jett died at age 16. He’d suffered a seizure during a family holiday in the Bahamas. “The fact that John and Kelly managed to work through their grief together and made their marriage stronger because of it is a true testament to their love for each other,” explains our insider. “There aren’t many couples who could go through such unthinkable pain and come out the other side. John’s taking some comfort in Kelly and Jett being reunited.” In 2010, John and Kelly welcomed their miracle son Benjamin. Even though she had lost Jett and was in her late 40s, Kelly felt she had a lot

Given Kelly was a devout Scientologist, as is John, many wondered if the actress chose to follow the controversial religion’s cancer treatment method. Founder L. Ron Hubbard believed cancer to be an alignment of the spirit, and required “a seconddynamic or sexual upset, such as the loss of children or some other mechanism” to occur. Insiders say high-ranking Scientologists like

Kelly and John, who is thought to be an OT5 member, also believe cancer can be cured by “auditing” the problem area. However, John seemed to silence the speculation when he confirmed Kelly had been receiving medical treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas at the time of her death.

“My family and I will forever be grateful to her doctors and nurses ... all the medical centers that have helped,” he said.