Did kawasaki syndrome have anything to do with death?

Answer 1

Without knowing the actual cause of the death of young Jet Travolta, it's hard to guess, but Kawasaki's disease is a disease of younger children (usually 5 and under). It causes swelling and can leave heart and vessel damage behind, though fortunately most children have a complete recovery. The most common vessel problem left behind is aneurysms, or weaknesses in blood vessels, which can swell over time, thinning out the wall of the vessel and causing it to burst. Again, there's no way to answer your question definitively, but both the age of the young man and the time of year make it unlikely that it was a primary Kawasaki's episode, but certainly doesn't rule out the possibility that he succumbed to a secondary symptom from that earlier infection.