Diane Keaton Passes Away, Aged 79
Beloved Oscar-winning US actress and New Hollywood starlet Diane Keaton has passed away, aged 79.
Diane Keaton was rushed from her Los Angeles home in an ambulance on Saturday, following a 911 call from the home reporting a “person down”.
No cause of death has been revealed, though a friend of Keaton has said the actress’ health had been rapidly declining in recent months, and her family have requested privacy.
“In her final months, she was surrounded only by her closest family, who chose to keep things very private. Even longtime friends weren’t fully aware of what was happening,” a source told People.
Diane Keaton’s sudden passing sent shockwaves through the Hollywood community, with tributes flowing from colleagues, co-stars and admirers.
“I cannot tell you how unbearably sad this makes me,” wrote Bette Midler, who starred alongside Keaton in ‘The First Wives Club’ with Goldie Hawn.
“She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star.”
An equally devastated Hawn posted: “We aren’t ready to lose you. We agreed to grow old together, and one day, maybe live together with all our girlfriends.”
Francis Ford Coppola, Reese Witherspoon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steve Martin, Mandy Moore and Cynthia Nixon are among those paying tribute, Ben Stiller calling Keaton “one of the greatest film actors ever”.
Diane Keaton starred in more than 60 films during her career, which started in 1968 as an understudy for the role of Sheila in the original Broadway production of ‘Hair’. Keaton made her film debut a year later in ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’, getting her breakthrough role as Kay Adams, Michael Corleone’s wife, in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 epic ‘The Godfather’.
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Keaton also collaborated heavily with writer/director Woody Allen during the ‘70s, starring in many of his films. One of her most memorable and defining roles was in Allen’s 1977 film ‘Annie Hall’, which highlighted her own self-deprecating sense of humour and earned Diane her fist Oscar.
With a continuing presence during the ‘80s, the ‘90s saw Keaton mature into more maternal roles and establish herself as one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors. Her work in the 2000s shifted into comedy, including a voiceover role as Dory’s mother in ‘Finding Dory’. Diane Keaton’s final role was in the 2024 film ‘Summer Camp’.
Off screen, Diane Keaton was also a writer, director, producer and photographer, and restored Californian mansions. She was known for her endearing sense of humour, which attracted a number of high-profile suitors, including Al Pacino and Warren Beatty, though never married.
She is survived by her two children, Duke and Dexter, both of whom Diane adopted in her 50s.
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