Francis Ford Coppola undergoes non-emergency medical procedure in Rome
Hollywood moviemaker Francis Ford Coppola has declared he's "fine" after undergoing a non-emergency medical procedure in Rome, Italy and dismissed false reports which suggested he'd
Francis Ford Coppola has declared he's "fine" after undergoing a non-emergency medical procedure in Rome, Italy.
A representative for the Hollywood moviemaker, 86, dismissed false reports suggesting Coppola had suffered an "emergency" heart scare during his trip to the city and insisted he'd actually gone in for a scheduled procedure with his longtime doctor.
The spokesperson said in a statement: "Mr Coppola went in for a scheduled update procedure with acclaimed Dr Andrea Natale, his doctor of over 30 years, and is resting nicely. All is well."
The representative added: "There was not an emergency. He went to the hospital in a car."
Coppola also updated fans about his health issues in a post on Instagram revealing he went to see his doctor for an "update" to a previous procedure to correct an atrial fibrillation- an abnormal heart rhythm.
He wrote: "Da Dada (what my kids call me) is fine, taking an opportunity while in Rome to do the update of my 30-year-old afib procedure with its inventor, a great Italian doctor - Dr Andrea Natale! I am well!"
Coppola has been travelling around this summer promoting his 2024 movie Megalopolis and during an appearance at a special screening in San Francisco, California on August 1, the director opened up about losing his wife Eleanor last year and compared death to an electric toothbrush that just stops working.
According to SFGATE, he told the audience: "I lost my wife a year ago, around this time. But my attitude for death is that I always lived my life so that when I was at the moment approaching death, I wouldn’t say: ‘Oh, I wish I had done this and I wish I had done that'
"Instead I say to myself: ‘I got to do this.’ I got to see my daughter win an Oscar. I got to see my father win an Oscar.'
"I’m going to be so busy saying all the things I got to do that when I die, I’m not going to notice it. When I die, I’m not going to notice it. You know how your electric toothbrush just shuts off when you least expect it? That’s what death is like."
