Tragedy struck for hollywood icon Tommy Lee Jones, when his daughter passed away on January 1. Victoria Jones was 34 and was found dead in her hotel room in San Francisco. While the cause of her death has not yet been revealed, an investigation into the matter is underway.
According to a report by People magazine, law enforcement confirmed that the SF Fire Department had been notified of an emergency at the Fairmont Hotel. Upon reaching the scene, they reported that an unidentified person was found dead. NBC Bay Area reported that the body was later identified and was believed to be Victoria, and that no foul play was suspected. The police department and medical examiners were also present on the scene, and Victoria was pronounced dead after not responding to CPR.
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Victoria was born to Tommy and his second wife, Kimberlea Cloughley. The couple also share an older son, Austin Leonard Jones, who has also worked in Hollywood. Victoria had a handful of roles in films like Men In Black II and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and the latter was directed by Tommy himself. She even made an appearance in one episode of One Tree Hill.
Tommy married his first wife, Kimberlea, in 1981, and he was doing a lot of TV movies during that time, like Barn Burning, The Executioner’s Song, and The Rainmaker. Kimberlea gave birth to Austin in 1982 and to Victoria in 1991.
During an old interview with the New Yorker, Tommy recalled working with his daughter and said, “She’s a good actress, has her SAG card, speaks impeccable Spanish… When she was a baby, I told Leticia, her nurse, to speak to her in Spanish. She had to get up at 5 a.m. for her part (In The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada). 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 went over and woke her and rushed her out to the set just in time.”
