News October 29, 2009
Nicolas Cage's Father Dead at 75
August Coppola, father of actor Nicolas Cage, died on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack. He was 75.
Coppola, a literary professor, served as Dean of Creative Arts at San Francisco State University.
He is the brother of "Godfather" filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. In addition to Nicolas, he is survived by sons Christopher and Marc and five grandchildren.