Editing Melissa Mathison (section)

==Personal life and death==
Mathison had an extramarital relationship with [[Francis Ford Coppola]] while working as his assistant on ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'', an affair that lasted through the production of ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''.<ref>{{cite book
	| last = Wasson
	| first = Sam
	| date = 2003
	| title = The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
	| quote = [Eleanor Coppola] had discovered [Francis] was having an affair, several affairs; there was, for starters, Playboy Bunny Linda Carpenter... There was the kids' former babysitter, his assistant on Godfather II, Melissa Mathison. They had been seeing each other since then.
	| location = New York
	| publisher = Harper
	| page = 178
	| isbn = 9780063037847
}}</ref> From 1983 to 2004, she was married to [[Harrison Ford]]; the couple had two children. She died on November 4, 2015, in Los Angeles, aged 65, from [[neuroendocrine tumor|neuroendocrine cancer]].<ref name="latobit">{{cite news|last1=Chawkins|first1=Steve|title=Melissa Mathison dies at 65; screenwriter of 'E.T.,' 'Black Stallion,' 'Kundun'|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-melissa-mathinson-dies-story.html|access-date=November 8, 2015|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 4, 2015}}</ref>