Eleanor Coppola, an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker and artist, has died at 87.
Coppola died at her home in Rutherford, California, on Friday, her family said in a statement to the Associated Press.
No cause of death was given.
Coppola was best known for directing the Emmy-winning 1991 documentary “Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse,” which followed her husband, Francis, producing his 1979 war drama “Apocalypse Now.”
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Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. (Chad Keig/Courtesy of the Coppola family via AP)
Coppola met Francis while working as an assistant art director on his directorial debut, the Roger Corman-produced 1963 horror film “Dementia 13.”
The two married in February 1963, and had three sons.
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Their son, Gian-Carlo, tragically died at age 22 in a 1986 boating accident.Â
Their other two children, Roman, 58; and daughter Sofia, 55, are still living.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
