Actress Jennifer Aniston, left, poses together with her father, actor John Aniston, after she obtained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in 2012. John Aniston, the Emmy-winning star of the daytime cleaning soap opera “Days of Our Lives” and father of Jennifer Aniston, has died at age 89.

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Actress Jennifer Aniston, left, poses together with her father, actor John Aniston, after she obtained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in 2012. John Aniston, the Emmy-winning star of the daytime cleaning soap opera “Days of Our Lives” and father of Jennifer Aniston, has died at age 89.

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NEW YORK — John Aniston, the Emmy-winning star of the daytime cleaning soap opera “Days of Our Lives” and father of Jennifer Aniston, has died at age 89.

The actor’s daughter posted a tribute to him Monday morning on Instagram, asserting that he had died Friday, Veteran’s Day. John Aniston served within the U.S. Navy.

“Sweet papa… John Anthony Aniston,” Jennifer Aniston wrote. “You were one of the most beautiful humans I ever knew. I am so grateful that you went soaring into the heavens in peace — and without pain. And on 11/11 no less! You always had perfect timing. That number will forever hold an even greater meaning for me now.”

John Aniston’s performing credit included “Search for Tomorrow,” “The West Wing” and “Gilmore Girls.” But he was best-known for his long-running position on “Days of Our Lives” as household patriarch Victor Kiriakis, the previous drug lord who goes on to discovered the highly effective Titan Industries.

In 2017, his work on “Days of Our Lives” introduced him an Emmy nomination for greatest supporting actor in a drama sequence. Earlier this yr, he was offered a lifetime achievement Emmy, with Jennifer Aniston honoring him by way of video.

“It’s an opportunity to not only pay tribute to a true icon in the daytime television world, but it’s also a chance to recognize the lifelong achievements of a great and well-respected actor, who also happens to be my dad,” Jennifer Aniston mentioned on the time. “John Aniston has been working in television consistently for over half a century.”

John Aniston was born Yannis Anastassakis in Crete, Greece, and emigrated together with his household to Pennsylvania when he was a toddler. A theater main at Pennsylvania State University, he started his skilled performing profession within the Nineteen Sixties, with early roles in “Combat!”, “I Spy” and “The Virginian.”

Aniston was married twice, most lately to Sherry Rooney. He had two youngsters, Jennifer and Alexander Aniston, and a stepson, John Melick.