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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: Wayback on October 31, 2009, 10:11:47 AM

Title: RIP August Coppola, 75
Post by: Wayback on October 31, 2009, 10:11:47 AM

August Coppola, brother of Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire, and father of Nicholas Cage:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-august-coppola30-2009oct30,0,1538527.story

Title: Re: RIP August Coppola, 75
Post by: mshray on October 31, 2009, 10:32:00 AM

Pretty cool obit, and here's a big 'I Didn't Know That' entry for Nicky's Dad:

"He also helped create the Tactile Dome (http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/tactile_dome/press_release.html), an interactive sensory exhibit at the Palace of Fine Arts' Exploratorium in San Francisco."