Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola underwent a non-emergency cardiac operation in a Rome hospital Tuesday and is now doing “well,” both he and a U.S.-based representative confirmed.
The acclaimed American director of the Godfather films and Apocalypse Now was operated on in a scheduled procedure.
“Mr Coppola went in for a scheduled update procedure” performed by renowned Italian-born cardiologist Dr Andrea Natale “and is resting nicely”, the representative said in response to Italian media reports that the director was hospitalised, Reuters reports.
Coppola posted a photograph of himself on Instagram, appearing relaxed and smiling with…
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