Source: Travolta death attributed to ‘seizure’

January 6, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

FREEPORT, Bahamas — An official with a Bahamian funeral home says Jett Travolta’s death certificate says he was killed by a “seizure.”

Glen Campbell is assistant director of the funeral home handling the remains of John Travolta’s 16-year-old son.

He tells The Associated Press that the body is in “great condition” and shows no sign of head trauma, despite police officials’ saying the teen may have hit his head on a bathtub.

Authorities performed an autopsy Monday but didn’t release the results. Campbell said the certificate was based on the autopsy findings, and gave no information on the cause of death beyond the word “seizure.”

Jett Travolta’s body was at the Grand Bahama airport en route for burial in Ocala, Florida.

Trekkies bid farewell to Majel Roddenberry

LOS ANGELES — Funeral services were held for Majel Barrett Roddenberry, “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry’s widow who played Nurse Christine Chapel in the original sci-fi TV series.

Friends, family and Trekkies were among more than 250 people who attended the funeral Sunday at an LA cemetery. Roddenberry died of leukemia at her Bel-Air home Dec. 18. She was 76.

Among the mourners were “Star Trek” stars Nichelle Nichols, George Takei and Walter Koenig.

Roddenberry was involved in the “Star Trek” universe for more than four decades. She played the dark-haired Number One in the original pilot, but metamorphosed into the blond, miniskirted Nurse Chapel in the 1966-69 TV series. She had smaller roles in all the show’s TV successors.

Today’s birthdays

Actress Bonnie Franklin is 65. Singer Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds is 58. Guitarist Malcolm Young of AC/DC is 56. Actor-comedian Rowan Atkinson (“Mr. Bean”) is 54. Director John Singleton is 41. Actor Danny Pintauro (“Who’s the Boss?”) is 33.