Eleanor Coppola, wife of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, dies at 87 WFTV [Video]

Emmy-winning director Eleanor Coppola has died at the age of 87.

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Coppola died Friday at her house in Rutherford, California, her family said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press.

She grew up in Orange County, California. According to the AP, she met her husband, Oscar-winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, while she was working as an assistant art director on his directional debut film called “Dementia 13.” After months of dating, Coppola was pregnant. The two got married in 1963 in Las Vegas.

The couple was married for 61 years, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Coppola gave birth to Gian-Carlo Coppola, the AP reported. He was a background actor in many of Francis Ford Coppola’s films and was killed in a boating accident in 1986 at the age of 22. The boat was piloted by Ryan O’Neal’s son, Griffin O’Neal, who was later found guilty of negligence related to the crash.

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