John Travolta receives a beaming 67th birthday tribute from daughter Ella Travolta

John Travolta rang in his 67th birthday on Thursday with lots of joyous wishes from his friends and family. 

Despite it being his first birthday without his longtime wife Kelly Preston who tragically passed away from breast cancer over the summer, their daughter Ella Travolta, 20, made sure he felt the love. 

Penning a sweet tribute to her dad she called him her ‘best friend,’ while gushing over their relationship on social media. 

Birthday wishes: John Travolta receives a beaming 67th birthday tribute from his daughter Ella Travolta, 20, on social media as she gushes ‘you are my best friend,’ as they celebrate his first birthday without the late Kelly Preston 

‘Happy Birthday to the most incredible man I have ever known. You are not only the best Dad ever, but you are also my best friend.Thank you for raising us, helping us and loving us and thank you for all of the good you do every day.

‘The world is so lucky to have you and so are we. I love you Daddy. I had the best time celebrating your birthday with you yesterday,’ she wrote.  

The post accompanied a photo of the Pulp Fiction actor with Ella and her brother Benjamin, 10, in what appeared to be a throwback photo as he has sported a bald head in recent years. 

Feeling the love: The Grease star responded on social media as he thanked his fans for the birthday wishes, signing off 'I love you all'; pictured Friday

Feeling the love: The Grease star responded on social media as he thanked his fans for the birthday wishes, signing off ‘I love you all’; pictured Friday 

Travolta also took to social media just before jetting out of town as he shared a video of himself on the tarmac and wrote:

‘I’d like to thank everyone for all of the amazing birthday wishes and thank you for the 4.6 billion views on the #DoTheScottsSlide hashtag contest on tik tok! I love you all.’

The veteran actor looked happy to be celebrating his birthday with family as he rang in last year’s birthday on the set of Die Hart. 

The TikTok ‘Scott’s Slide’ video of he and Ella has gone viral in recent weeks, as they recreated his iconic dance scene from Grease, which aired originally as a Super Bowl ad for Scott’s Miracle-Gro. 

Millennial moves: The veteran actor teamed up with Ella as they re-created his iconic dance scene from Grease for a super bowl ad that was shot as a TikTok style dance

Millennial moves: The veteran actor teamed up with Ella as they re-created his iconic dance scene from Grease for a super bowl ad that was shot as a TikTok style dance

Ella also shared the video as she wrote ‘Some dads know how to dance, and some dads are @johntravolta.’ 

With dancing being a family forte, Travolta shared a video of he and Ella slow dancing shortly after the passing of his wife of 29 years and wrote, ‘Dancing in memory of momma. One of Kelly’s favorite things, dancing with me.’  

Preston, 57,  kept her two-year battle with breast cancer private as her rep said in a statement: ‘She had been undergoing medical treatment for some time, supported by her closest family and friends.’

Her last social media tribute to Travolta came in the form of a Father’s Day post a few short weeks before her passing as she called him ‘the best one I know,’ adding ‘we love you,’ as she shared a family selfie. 

'The best one': Preston passed away over the summer following a private two-year battle with cancer, her last social media post being a tribute to her husband of 29 years as she wrote 'Happy Father's Day to the best one I know, we love you,' just a few weeks before she died; pictured June 2020

‘The best one’: Preston passed away over the summer following a private two-year battle with cancer, her last social media post being a tribute to her husband of 29 years as she wrote ‘Happy Father’s Day to the best one I know, we love you,’ just a few weeks before she died; pictured June 2020

He confirmed the news of her passing with a touching tribute as he shared a photo of her on Instagram. 

‘It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer. She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many…Kelly’s love and life will always be remembered.’

Now seven months after her passing, Travolta has listed the family’s vacation home in Isleboro, Maine for $5M. 

The pair snatched up the home the same year they got married in 1991 and spoke to Architectural Digest years later about it being a passion project for them. 

‘Though we both have strong ideas, we’ll each compromise, and we’ll work together on every aspect until it’s right,’ Preston said, John adding that it was a ’60-day marathon’ of redecorating. 

A hard goodbye: The Pulp Fiction actor confirmed her passing on social media as he paid tribute to her and wrote 'Kelly's love and life will always be remembered,' and he recently made the tough decision to sell their vacation home in Maine for $5M which they purchased the year they married; pictured 2018

A hard goodbye: The Pulp Fiction actor confirmed her passing on social media as he paid tribute to her and wrote ‘Kelly’s love and life will always be remembered,’ and he recently made the tough decision to sell their vacation home in Maine for $5M which they purchased the year they married; pictured 2018

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