Henry Jaglom, Orson Welles's Longtime Lunch Date, Dead at 87

"Henry Jaglom - the indie filmmaker behind A Safe Place, Déjà Vu, and Can She Bake a Cherry Pie - has died. He was 87. His daughter, Sabrina Jaglom, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporterthat he died at home in Santa Monica. "My dad was the most loving, fun, entertaining and unique father and the biggest cheerleader and champion anyone could be lucky enough to have," she said."

"Jaglom came to Hollywood at the behest of Peter Bogdonovich. He wanted Jaglom to play a role in Targets, a role which Bogdonovich wound up casting himself in. But once in LA, Jaglom got chummy with the New Hollywood kids coming up through Roger Corman's AIP. He befriended Jack Nicholson, and wound up helping to edit Easy Rider. Jaglom became a studio-eschewing writer-director, making films starring New Hollywood folks like Dennis Hopper, Karen Black, and Nicholson."

"But Jaglom was known for being a man-about-town in Los Angeles almost as much as for his films. He had a standing lunch date with Orson Welles for the last two years of the film titan's life. Jaglom recorded these lunches, which Peter Biskind later condensed into the book My Lunches With Orson. That quote of Welles throwing monumental shade at Woody Allen, which circulates on social media basically any time Allen does anything? From My Lunches With Orson."

Henry Jaglom died at age 87 at his Santa Monica home, confirmed by his daughter Sabrina Jaglom. Jaglom arrived in Hollywood at Peter Bogdonovich's behest and became close with New Hollywood figures, helping to edit Easy Rider and befriending Jack Nicholson. He pursued a studio-avoiding career as a writer-director, making films with Dennis Hopper, Karen Black and Nicholson. Jaglom was also a prominent Los Angeles social figure who kept a standing lunch with Orson Welles for the last two years of Welles's life and recorded those lunches, later condensed into My Lunches With Orson. He and Welles collaborated on films in both directions.

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