Chloe Jones
Born
Melinda Dee Jones[1]

(1975-06-17)June 17, 1975[2][3][1]
Silsbee, Texas, U.S.
DiedJune 4, 2005(2005-06-04) (aged 29)[3][1]
Houston, Texas, U.S.[3]
Resting placeWoodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery
NationalityAmerican[3]
Other namesMelinda Dee Taylor[4]
Occupation(s)Adult model, pornographic actress,[1]
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[5][3][1]
SpouseMichael Taylor[1]
Children3[1]

Chloe Jones (née Melinda Dee Jones; June 17, 1975 – June 4, 2005) was an American pornographic actress.[6][3][1]

Early life and career

Melinda Dee Jones was born and grew up in Silsbee, Texas.[1] After graduating from Silsbee High School in 1994, she arrived in California with $400 in her pocket to start her acting career. She appeared in Baywatch, Comedy shows, a movie with Anna Nicole Smith, a Marilyn Monroe movie, and more. She later became a Playboy model and appeared in Vanity Fair, Hustler, and Swank.[1] Jones was the Penthouse magazine Pet of the Month[3] in April 1998, and she reluctantly crossed over into adult movies in 2001.[3][4][1] Jones signed an exclusive contract with adult film company New Sensations, followed by another contract with Vivid Entertainment in February 2003.[5] Both associations were brief (her contract with Vivid lasted five months).[7] She retired from the adult industry in 2004. After her retirement on camera in 2004, she continued to earn a living as an escort online and still received money from her website. [3][1] Jones performed in around 18 films during this time.[3][1][6] and, in March 2005, Jones appeared in a story in the National Enquirer claiming that Charlie Sheen was among her suitors in February, 2005.[8] Sheen's agent disputed the claim, stating that Sheen had not seen Jones since 1996.[9][10]

She appeared twice on The Howard Stern Show in 2003.[11]

Death

Jones had been in and out of the hospital for 3 years prior to her death from drug overdoses and complications due to her faulty liver. Since March 2005 her health had deteriorated. Jones died in her sleep at home on June 4, 2005, at around 4:00 am, two weeks shy of her 30th birthday. Her early death has been reported as due to liver failure caused by alcohol and prescription drug abuse. Jones had been on the list for a liver transplant, however people close to her say that she did not take it seriously and continued to drink, eat poorly and continued misusing medications. Jones was survived by her husband, her then 9 year old daughter, her then 8 year old twin sons, her mother Donna and her older sister Michelle. [1] She was buried six days after her death at Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery in Houston, Texas.[6][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Varhola, Michael (2011). Texas Confidential: Sex, Scandal, Murder, and Mayhem in the Lone Star State. Clerisy Press. pp. 21–23. ISBN 9781578604593. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Chloe Jones Passes Away". AVN. June 7, 2005. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Chloe Jones at IAFD". IAFD. June 4, 2005. Archived from the original on March 14, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Chloe Jones at Adult Film Database". Adultfilmdatabase.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Gram Ponante (February 4, 2003). "Chloe Jones Goes Vivid". AVN. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
  6. 1 2 3 "A girl called Jones" Archived October 31, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Jack Marx, The Age, August 9, 2006, Retrieved November 6, 2007
  7. ↑ "Chloe Jones No Longer a Vivid Girl". AVN. July 21, 2003. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Charlie Sheen fights back", Arizona Republic, March 25, 2005, Retrieved November 6, 2007
  9. ↑ Gatecrasher Archived April 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, March 24, 2005, New York Daily News, Retrieved November 6, 2007
  10. ↑ "Sheen Fighting Call Girl's Claims" Archived September 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, 2005-03-25, World Entertainment News Network, Online at IMDb, Retrieved November 6, 2007
  11. ↑ Howard Stern (TV Series) – Full Cast & Crew – IMDb
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