ROME (Reuters) -Francis Ford Coppola, the acclaimed American director of “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now,” was hospitalized in Rome on Tuesday morning, according to local media.
The 86-year-old filmmaker was admitted to the Policlinico Tor Vergata, a public hospital in the Italian capital, news agency ANSA reported.
According to the website repubblica.it, the director was scheduled to undergo a long-planned surgery but before entering the operating room he was hospitalized for atrial fibrillation.
A spokesperson for the hospital did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.
(Reporting by Giselda Vagnoni, Editing by Rosalba O’Brien)
