Filmmaker Eleanor Coppola Dies at 87; She Documented ‘Apocalypse Now’
Eleanor Coppola, a documentary filmmaker who was married to Francis Ford Coppola for 61 years, died in the family home in Rutherford, California on April 12. She was 87. Eleanor Jessie Neil was born in Los Angeles in 1936 and studied design at UCLA before beginning her career in the film industry. She met her…