Victoria JonesThe family released a statement after his death.
“We appreciate all the kind words, thoughts and prayers. Please respect our privacy during this difficult time,” the family said in a statement. Us Weekly on Friday, January 2.
Victoria was found dead at 34 at the Fairmont San Francisco Hotel on Thursday, January 1. The San Francisco Fire Department confirmed a Us Weekly who responded to “a report of a medical emergency” at the hotel early Thursday morning.
“Upon arrival, fire department paramedics performed an assessment. The person was pronounced dead,” the statement said. “SFPD and the Medical Examiner’s Office were called to the scene. The scene was turned over to SFPD and the SF Medical Examiner.”
Tommy Lee Jones has been supported by his family throughout his career. Jones was married twice: to Kate Lardner from 1971 to 1978 and to Kimberlea Cloughley from 1981 to 1996, before marrying current wife Dawn Laurel-Jones in 2001. “I don’t know what the hell I was doing,” Jones joked (…)
A 911 call released Fridayon Jan. 2, revealed that San Francisco police officers received a call for “code 3 overdose, color change.” Paramedics pronounced Victoria dead at the scene. It has been suspected that he died of an overdose.
Victoria is survived by her father, an actor Tommy Lee Jonesand his ex-wife Kimberlea Cloughley along with an older brother named Austin Jones. (Tommy, 79, and Cloughley split in 1991. She has since continued Dawn Laurel-Joneswhom he married in 2001.)
Before her death, Victoria appeared alongside her father in several films, including Men in Black II i The three burials of Melquiades Estrada.
Tommy also spoke candidly about his daughter’s acting career in an interview with The New Yorker in 2006, revealing that he even had to fire her The three burials of Melquiades Estradawhich was released that year.
“She’s a good actress, she has a SAG card, she speaks impeccable Spanish,” he said at the time. “When she was little, I told her nurse to speak to her in Spanish, but I fired my daughter (from the movie).”
Tommy explained the firing, adding: “She had to get up at 5am for her part. One morning, she wouldn’t get out of bed. I said, ‘Honey, this is work’. But she wouldn’t budge, so I fired her. Then, without telling me, the production staff came over and woke her up and got her on set just in time.”
Along with Victoria’s past roles in her father’s films, she also appeared in Sorry haters, One Tree Hill i The Homesman. He has not appeared in any other on-screen projects since 2014.
Victoria’s most recent appearance alongside her father came in 2017 when she accompanied Tommy to the Just getting started premiere
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