Tommy Lee Jones’ daughter Victoria Jones’ cause of death has been revealed.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in San Francisco, California, confirmed to Us Weekly on Tuesday, February 17, that Victoria died due to “toxic effects of cocaine” and ruled the manner of her death as an “accident.”
News broke on New Year’s Day that a then-unidentified woman had been found dead at the Fairmont San Francisco hotel.
“Upon arrival, paramedics from the fire department performed an assessment. The person was declared deceased,” a statement from the San Francisco Fire Department shared with Us Weekly read. “SFPD and the medical examiner’s office were called to the scene. Scene turned over to SFPD and SF Medical Examiners.”
TMZ, who was first to report the news, confirmed Victoria’s identity. She was 34. The outlet also obtained 911 footage, in which law enforcement officers were called to the Fairmont for a “code 3 for the overdose, color change.”
Victoria is survived by her parents, exes Tommy, 79, and Kimberlea Cloughley, and brother Austin Jones.
“We appreciate all of the kind words, thoughts, and prayers,” Victoria’s family previously said in a statement. “Please respect our privacy during this difficult time. Thank you.”
Victoria, like her father, was an actress and appeared in Men in Black II, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Sorry, Haters, One Tree Hill and The Homesman.
“She’s a good actress, has her SAG card, speaks impeccable Spanish,” Tommy recalled to The New Yorker in 2006, referring to how he cast Victoria in his 2005 directorial feature The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. “When she was a baby, I told her nurse to speak to her in Spanish, but I fired my daughter [from the movie].”
He continued, “She had to get up at 5 a.m. for her part. One morning, she wouldn’t get out of bed. I said, ‘Honey, this is work.’ 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.”
Tommy was married to Victoria’s mother, his second wife, Cloughley, from 1981 to 1996. He later moved on with his third wife, Dawn Laurel-Jones, and they tied the knot in 2001.
“I don’t know what the hell I was doing,” Tommy quipped to The Independent in 2013 about meeting Laurel-Jones, who was working as a photographer. “She took a lot of pictures down there and the Climate Reality group liked them so much, they put on an exhibition and auction in London. We were there to hang that show and attend the auction.”
He added, “She took some beautiful pictures there. Of course, the ice is melting, and these pictures dramatized that somewhat. They’re very beautiful pictures. She sold 17 and that brought in a little over $401,000 to support this organization that we actually are a part of.”
Tommy and Laurel-Jones often split their time between a ranch in Texas and a polo facility in Argentina.
“We’ve built a world-class polo field and a practice field there, so my team and the kids’ teams can play,” he previously told The New Yorker in 2006. “Dawn is one of the best women polo players in the country, and she didn’t even know how to ride a horse 10 years ago.”
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