NICOLAS CAGE - NICOLAS CAGE'S FATHER DIES

NICOLAS CAGE'S FATHER DIES

Actor NICOLAS CAGE's father AUGUST has died at the age of 75.
The retired college dean, and brother of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, suffered a reported heart attack on Tuesday (27Oct09).
August taught literature and was the dean of creative arts at California's San Francisco State University.
He divorced Cage's mother, dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang, in 1976.
Besides the Leaving Las Vegas star, Coppola is survived by sons Christopher and Marc and three grandchildren - as well as an extended showbiz family including Francis Ford Coppola, actress sister Talia Shire and her children, including actors Robert and Jason Schwartzman.