Anton Coppola, a conductor for orchestras and operas and the uncle of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, has died.
He was 102. He died March 9 in in his longtime Central Park West apartment, his daughter, Lucia, told The New York Times. Coppola worked with his nephew as a conductor on1990'sThe Godfather: Part III(leading "Cavalleria Rusticana")and 1992'sBram Stoker'sDracula.
He appeared on a 2015 episode ofMozart in the Jungle, the Amazon series created by his great nephews Roman Coppola (a son of Francis) and Jason Schwartzman (a son of Francis' sister, Talia).
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