Actress Jennifer Aniston, who has been popular for decades with "Friends", announced her father's death on November 11, 2022. "Dear Dad... John Anthony Aniston," she wrote, "you are one of the nicest people I know, he is kind, intelligent, witty, and talented. ”
Like his famous daughter, John had a brilliant career in Hollywood television. His most famous role is Victor Kyriakis, who played the role for 37 years in Our Days, for which he also won the Daytime Drama Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement in June 2022. At the ceremony, Jennifer praised her father, calling John "a great, respected actor who also happens to be my father." The last episode of the soap opera featuring John will air on December 26.
Although they have shared sweet father-daughter moments several times over the years, Jennifer's relationship with John and her late mother, Nancy, can be strained at times.
Jennifer Aniston was born on February 11, 1969 in Sherman Oaks, California, and her family moved to New York City, where she grew up. Jennifer's parents divorced when she was very young, and Jennifer later told her friend Sandra Bullock in a 2020 interview with Interview magazine that her childhood home was "unstable."
"Growing up in an unstable and insecure home" helped her learn how to stay calm when things don't go as planned in life.
Her mother, Nancy, was also an actress, best known for playing Athena in 1966's Beverly Hills and Tessa in Wild West in 1967. She also starred in films such as 1969's The Igloo and 2004's Purity.
Nancy married Jack Mellick between 1956 and 1961 before marrying Jennifer's father, John. The former couple gave birth to a child in 1959, son John T. Merrick III. Nancy was married to John from 1965 until they divorced in 1980, when their only child was 9-year-old Jennifer.
In 1999, Nancy wrote her memoir, From Mother and Daughter to Friend, a book about her difficult relationship with Jennifer, which eventually led to their estrangement.