victoria jonesHer family released a statement following her 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 Friday, January 2nd.
Victoria was found dead at the age of 34 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco on Thursday, January 1. San Francisco Fire Department confirms us weekly They responded to a “report of a medical emergency” at the hotel in the early hours of Thursday morning.
“Fire department paramedics arrived and conducted an assessment. The individual was pronounced dead,” the statement read. “SFPD and the Medical Examiner’s Office were called to the scene. The scene has been turned over to SFPD and the SF Medical Examiner.”
A 911 call released on Friday, January 2, shows San Francisco police responding to a “code 3 overdose, color change” call. Paramedics pronounced Victoria dead at the scene. It is suspected that she died of a drug overdose.
Victoria is survived by her actor father Tommy Lee Jonesand his ex-wife Kimberly Crowley and a man named Austin Jones. (Tommy, 79, and Crowley split in 1991. He has since moved on to Dwayne Laurel Joneswhom he married in 2001. )
Before her death, Victoria appeared in several films with her father, including Men in Black II and Three tombs of Melquíades Estrada.
Tommy also opened up about his daughter’s budding acting career in the interview. new yorker In 2006, it was revealed that he even had to fire her Three tombs of Melquíades Estradareleased that year.
“She’s a fine actress, has a Screen Actors Guild card and speaks impeccable Spanish,” he said at the time. “When she was a baby, I told her nurse to speak to her in Spanish, but I dismissed my daughter [from the movie]”.
Tommy explained the reason for the firing, adding, “She had to get up at 5 a.m. One morning, she couldn’t get out of bed. I said, ‘Honey, this is the job.'” But she wouldn’t budge, so I fired her. Then, without telling me, the production staff came to wake her up and rushed her to the set in time. “
In addition to Victoria’s past roles in her father’s films, she has also appeared in Sorry haters, one tree hill and family. She has not appeared in any other screen projects since 2014.
Victoria was last seen with her dad in 2017, when she accompanied Tommy to Just started Premiere.
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