Jennifer Aniston’s Dad: Everything To Know About John Aniston & Their Relationship

• John Aniston was an histrion champion known for his long-running relation successful ‘Days of Our Lives’.
• His girl is histrion Jennifer Aniston.
• John died connected November 11 astatine the property of 89.

Jennifer Aniston had to accidental goodbye to her dad, Days of Our Lives star John Aniston, who died connected Thursday, November 11 astatine the property of 89. The Friends alum broke the news of her father’s passing with a heartfelt Instagram tribute, wherever she called him “one of the astir beauteous humans” she ever knew.

Jennifer’s begetter near her erstwhile she was lone 9 years old. She was raised by her mother Nancy Dow, who she yet became estranged from. Nancy died successful 2016. Luckily, Jennifer made bid with John implicit time, and they were connected bully presumption by the clip helium passed away. Keep speechmaking to larn much astir John and the analyzable narration helium had with his daughter.

Jennifer Aniston and her begetter John Aniston astatine the 1995 Daytime Emmys (Photo: Mcbride/Mediapunch/Shutterstock)

What did John Aniston do?

John Aniston was a Greek-born histrion whose vocation started successful 1962 with a impermanent relation successful the show 87th Precinct. He appeared connected much shows that are inactive fashionable contiguous including Airwolf, Gilmore Girls, The West Wing, Star Trek: Voyager, and Mad Men. John’s champion known for appearing on Days of Our Lives for implicit 3,000 episodes. He joined the amusement successful 1970 arsenic Dr. Eric Richards. He returned to the amusement successful 1985, erstwhile helium was formed arsenic Victor Kiriakis, and helium remained a staple of the amusement up until 2022. John won three Soap Opera Digest awards for his enactment in Days of Our Lives. He was besides nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor successful a Drama Series for the 2017 Daytime Emmy awards, and helium was besides fixed an Emmy lifetime accomplishment award successful 2022.

Jennifer mentioned her father’s unthinkable vocation successful her tribute aft his passing. “For implicit 30 years, his dedication to that amusement [Days of Our Lives] has gained him the respect and admiration of his chap actors, heavy friendships, and thrilled millions of fans astir the world,” the prima wrote. “His vocation is virtually the explanation of beingness achievement.”

John Aniston successful ‘Days of Our Lives’ (Photo: ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection)

Did helium person immoderate different children?

John had Jennifer from his archetypal matrimony to histrion Nancy Dow. They were joined from 1965 to 1980. John was a stepfather to Nancy’s lad John Melick III, 63, portion they were together. In 1984, John got joined to Sherry Rooney, who helium met connected the acceptable of the soap opera Love of Life. They had 1 lad together, Alexander, who is present 33 years old. Alex was not celebrated similar his parents oregon sister Jennifer. He reportedly sold taxidermy roadkill and lived successful a van wherever helium traveled crossed the country. He reportedly had 2 children with his erstwhile partner, Adriene Hallek. It’s unclear if Alexander and Jennifer speak.

John Aniston’s narration with Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer and John’s narration improved by the clip helium died, compared to their concern successful the past. They were estranged aft John near Nancy and Jennifer when the prima was lone 9 years old. Jennifer openly talked astir her begetter leaving her with Rolling Stone in 1999 and said she was “shocked” by what helium did.

“My ma told me. I went to a day party, and erstwhile I came back, she said, “Your father’s not going to beryllium astir present for a small while,’ ” The Morning Show star said successful the interview. “She didn’t accidental helium was gone forever. I don’t cognize if I blocked it, but I conscionable retrieve sitting there, crying, not knowing that helium was gone. I don’t cognize what I did aboriginal that nighttime oregon the adjacent day. I don’t retrieve thing different than it being unusual that each of a abrupt my begetter wasn’t there. And helium was gone for a while.” Jennifer revealed that she didn’t spot her begetter until a twelvemonth later. “He conscionable called 1 time and said, ‘Let’s spell spot The Fantastickes.’ So we had a small meal and saw the show. After that, I started seeing him connected weekends, and this caller mode of beingness conscionable unfolded,” she recalled.

Jennifer Aniston and her father, John Aniston (Photo: Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock)

Jennifer besides confirmed to Rolling Stone that she yet asked her dada wherefore helium near their family, but John didn’t bash a bully occupation astatine explaining wherefore astatine first. “Like I said, he’s not a bully communicator. Maybe if my parents had talked more. There were signs, but also, knowing my father, helium astir apt didn’t accidental anything,” Jennifer said. “But, arsenic champion helium could, my dada explained and apologized, and it’s enough. We’ve made up. There’s inactive parts that are hard for me, but I’m an adult. I can’t blasted my parents anymore.” When asked what John taught her astir fatherhood, Jennifer quipped, “He wasn’t astir to bash that. Maybe don’t wed a Greek man, and conscionable instrumentality around. That’ll bash it.”

During the clip that Jennifer and John were estranged, the histrion inactive maintained relationships with her father’s broadside of the family, including John’s mother Stella. “She was a Greek grandma who conscionable loved maine much than thing and was truthful amusive to beryllium around,” Jennifer told The Hollywood Reporter in 2015. “She had the champion stories, she made maine laugh. Beautiful, funny, gorgeous, hysterical — each the Greeks, each of my Greek family, were.” She besides recalled her grandmother’s tragic death, saying successful the interview, “I was astir 21 years old, and it was the archetypal clip I’d had a loss. It was truly sad. But then, similar anything, you person to determination on.”

It’s unclear erstwhile Jennifer reconciled with her father. Reports person said that she allegedly didn’t invitation him to her wedding to Brad Pitt successful 2000. Jennifer ne'er reconciled with her parent Nancy, earlier she passed distant successful May 2016 astatine 79-years-old.

The lone happening amended than winning the #DaytimeEmmys Lifetime Achievement Award is having it presented to you by your daughter, Jennifer Aniston.❤️

Congratulations John Aniston! pic.twitter.com/IjNGc3UE4r

— CBS (@CBS) June 25, 2022

In June 2022, 5 months earlier John’s death, Jennifer honored her father astatine the Daytime Emmy Awards. She gave an an affectional code portion presenting John with the beingness accomplishment award. Jennifer’s speech, which tin beryllium seen above, was pre-recorded and John was not present astatine the in-person ceremony.

“It’s an accidental to not lone wage tribute to a existent icon successful the daytime tv world, but it’s besides a accidental to admit the lifelong achievements of a large and well-respected histrion who besides happens to beryllium my dad,” Jennifer said successful her speech. She went connected to database each the tv projects that her begetter appeared on. “You sanction it, I’m definite he’s been connected it,” Jennifer quipped.