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Travolta says baby means renewed purpose

Kelly Preston , a cast member in the motion picture drama "The Last Song", attends the premiere of the film with her husband, actor John Travolta at the Arclight Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles on March 25, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen
Kelly Preston , a cast member in the motion picture drama "The Last Song", attends the premiere of the film with her husband, actor John Travolta at the Arclight Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles on March 25, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo

OCALA, Fla., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Film star John Travolta says his baby son Benjamin has brought "renewed spirit and purpose" into his family's Florida home.

Travolta's 48-year-old wife, actress Kelly Preston, gave birth to their youngest child Nov. 23. The couple have a 10-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu. Their 16-year-old son, Jett, died in January 2009 after a seizure.

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Preston told People magazine she and Travolta had been trying to have another child for three years and were "completely blown away" last year to learn she was pregnant.

"He's given the house a renewed spirit and purpose," Travolta said of his newborn son, who appears on the cover of this week's People with his beaming parents.

The magazine said the "Grease," "Saturday Night Fever" and "Pulp Fiction" star held his wife's hand while she delivered little Benjamin, and Ella Bleu waited outside the room with actress and family friend Kirstie Alley.

Preston's film credits include "Jerry Maguire," "For Love of the Game" and "What a Girl Wants."

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