Riptide Actors You Might Not Know Passed Away

Kelly Preston was a native of Hawaii and was discovered by a photographer when she was 15. Preston was up for "The Blue Lagoon" role that ultimately went to Brooke Shields, and finally broke through with an appearance on "Hawaii Five-0" in 1980.

Preston's first notable big screen appearance was in the Stephen King adaptation "Christine," directed by John Carpenter. She then starred in the sex comedy "Mischief," the comparatively more family friendly "SpaceCamp" alongside Lea Thompson, the Elmore Leonard adaptation "52 Pick-Up," and the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito comedy hit "Twins."

Preston also had a featured role in the series "For Love and Honor," and she appeared on a Season 1 episode of "Riptide" called "The Hardcase" as a character named Sherry Meyers.

Then in 1989, Preston starred in "The Experts" with John Travolta, and they eventually became husband and wife. They also starred together in the infamous big screen adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's "Battlefield Earth," and "Gotti," where Travolta played the infamous mob boss John Gotti and Preston played his wife Victoria.

Preston's career hit a peak in 1996 when she appeared in two hits in the same year — the acclaimed drama "Citizen Ruth" directed by Alexander Payne and co-starring Laura Dern, and Tom Cruise and Cameron Crowe's megahit "Jerry Maguire."

Preston died of breast cancer on July 12, 2020, at the age of 57.