Eleanor Coppola, Hearts of Darkness director and matriarch of famed filmmaker family, dead at 87
Eleanor Coppola, a writer and director 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. She was 87.
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![Eleanor Coppola arrives at the "Paris Can Wait" premiere on day 5 of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Winter Garden Theatre on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, in Toronto. Eleanor Coppola is seen at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2016.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7172864.1712962582!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/eleanor-coppola-at-2016-tiff-premiere-of-paris-can-wait.jpg)
Eleanor Coppola, a writer and director 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. She was 87.