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Francis Ford Coppola<\/strong> is doing well after a brief trip to an Italian hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n Hours after local news outlets in Rome <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> that the five-time <\/span>Oscar winner<\/span><\/a>, 86, was taken to the hospital Aug. 5, the director cleared up speculation that he was rushed there unexpectedly.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDa Dada (what my kids call me) is fine,\u201d Coppola wrote to <\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a> alongside a picture of himself grinning. \u201cTaking an opportunity while in Rome to do the update of my 30 year old afib procedure with its inventor, a great Italian doctor – Dr. <\/span>Andrea Natale<\/strong>!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Godfather<\/span><\/em> cowriter concluded, \u201cI am well!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Ahead of his trip to Italy, Coppola\u2014who is dad to kids <\/span>Roman Coppola<\/strong>, 60, <\/span>Sofia Coppola<\/strong><\/a>, 54, and the late <\/span>Gian-Carlo Coppola<\/strong> with his late wife <\/span>Elanor Coppola<\/strong>\u2014had been on a tour across the United States to screen his 2024 film <\/span>Megalopolis<\/span><\/em><\/a>, which he has been recounting on his social media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n