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Eleanor Coppola, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, dead at 87

Eleanor Coppola, Emmy-winning 'Hearts of Darkness' documentarian, died on Friday in California at 87 years old.

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 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. 

Their other two children, Roman, 58; and daughter Sofia, 55, are still living.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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