United Kingdom, April 13 -- Eleanor Coppola has died.

The 87-year-old award-winning filmmaker, who had been married to 'The Godfather' director Francis Ford Coppola since 1963, died on Friday (12.04.24) at home in Rutherford, California, surrounded by her family.

No cause of death has been given.

Eleanor and Francis met while working on the set of his 1963 horror film 'Dementia 13'.

They went on to have three children together, son Gian-Carlo - who died in a boating accident in 1986 at the age of 22 - son Roman, 58, and daughter Sofia, 55.

Eleanor won an Emmy in 1992 for Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming - Directing for her behind the scenes documentary of her husband's 1978 movie 'Apocalypse Now'.

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