( CNN ) -- Doctors will attempt to determine Monday why actor John Travolta 's teenage son died . An autopsy is scheduled for Monday to determine Jett Travolta 's cause of death . Jett Travolta , 16 , was found unconscious Friday while on vacation with his family in the Bahamas . He was taken by ambulance to a hospital and pronounced dead on arrival , local police said . Doctors will conduct an autopsy Monday , and the boy 's body later will be transferred to Ocala , Florida , for burial , Travolta attorney Michael Ossi said . In a statement posted on the actor 's Web site , Travolta and his wife , Kelly Preston , described Jett as `` the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered . '' Gallery : Jett Travolta and his family » . `` We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief , '' they said . Jett Travolta had a seizure Friday at the West End resort where the Travoltas were staying , Ossi said . Watch how the boy had a history of seizures » . Bahamian police said that a caretaker at the resort found the teenager unconscious in the bathroom . Ossi said that Jett struck his head on the bathtub after the seizure . Watch what could have happened to Jett Travolta » . Jett 's death `` was completely out of the blue , '' he said Friday . `` John and Kelly are happy when their children are happy . This is the worst day of John 's life . '' The Travoltas , who arrived in the Bahamas on Tuesday , bought property there several years earlier , said former Bahamian Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcomb , who rushed to the hospital Friday to be with the family . `` Mr. Travolta spent a tremendous amount of time with his son Jett . He never left him at home . He always brought him with him . And once you saw John Travolta , you saw his son Jett . They were very close , very affectionate . Lots of love you see at all times , '' Wilchcomb told CNN 's `` Larry King Live . '' The teen had a developmental disability that his parents have linked to Kawasaki disease , an inflammatory disorder of the artery walls that most commonly occurs in young children and that can lead to heart disease . According to the American Heart Association , `` About 80 percent of the people with Kawasaki disease are under age 5 . Children over age 8 are rarely affected . '' Watch CNN 's Dr. Sanjay Gupta discuss Kawasaki disease » . The causes of Kawasaki disease are unknown . Some scientists think it 's caused by an infectious agent , such as a virus . Some studies have noted a link between the disease and carpet-cleaning chemicals . `` With my son ... I was obsessive about cleaning -- his space being clean , so we constantly had the carpets cleaned , '' John Travolta told CNN 's King in 2001 . `` And I think , between him , the fumes and walking around , maybe picking up pieces or something , he got what is rarely a thing to deal with , but it 's Kawasaki syndrome . '' The boy was about 2 at the time he developed the illness , the actor said . The Travoltas also have a daughter , Ella , 8 . CNN 's Valerie Streit contributed to this report .
F ##y died , while on vacation with friends in the Bahamas . The 16-year - old had seizure , hit head on bathtub , he says . Boy had died from Kawasaki disease , an inflammation of abdominal walls . The teenager will be buried in Ocala , Florida .