Coming Home, has died. He was 84.
Jones died Monday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with Lewy body dementia, his daughter Leslie Jones, an Oscar-nominated film editor just like her dad, told
The Hollywood Reporter. She called him her mentor, a gentle and generous man and a comedic genius. He truly was the sweetest guy.
His father, Harmon Jones, was an Oscar-nominated film editor, too, honored for his work on Elia Kazan s
Gentleman s Agreement (1947).
Robert C. Jones enjoyed regular collaborations with directors Stanley Kramer, Hal Ashby, Arthur Hiller and Warren Beatty during his career, and he was presented with a lifetime achievement award in 2014 from the American Cinema Editors.