Jennifer Aniston announced the death of her father, John Aniston, on November 11, 2022. John was a well-known actor who portrayed Victor Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives for 37 years and received the Daytime Emmys Lifetime Achievement Award in June 2022. Jennifer had a close relationship with her father despite her parents' divorce when she was young. Her relationship with her mother Nancy Dow was strained at times and detailed in Dow's tell-all memoir. Despite their complicated relationship, Jennifer was heartbroken by her mother's death in May 2016.