Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro pay tribute to Robert Duvall Among Bollywood celebrities, Anupam Kher paid tribute to the Hollywood iconEntertainment Web DeskFrancis Ford Coppola Monday paid tribute to his longtime collaborator and friend Robert Duvall, who died Sunday at 95. Coppola shared a message on Instagram honouring the Oscar-winning actor and reflecting on their decades-long creative partnership. “What a blow to learn of the loss of Robert Duvall,” Coppola wrote alongside a series of pictures with the late actor. Duvall’s co-stars from The Godfather Part II, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, also issued statements Monday remembering the actor. “It was an honor to have worked with Robert Duvall.