Francis Ford Coppola pays tribute to ‘friend and collaborator’ Fred Roos

Executive producer Fred Roos and director Sofia Coppola (Steve Cohn/Invision for Focus Features/AP)

The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola has paid tribute to his “lifelong friend and collaborator” Fred Roos, who has died aged 89.

Oscar-winning producer Roos’s death at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday, a few days before his 90th birthday, was confirmed by a representative to the AP news agency on Tuesday.