Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning actress best known for her roles in “Annie Hall” (1977) and “The Godfather” films has died at 79.
Diane Keaton was born Diane Hall on Jan. 5, 1946 in Los Angeles, California to John and Dorothy Hall. Keaton was the eldest of four children. She would later write about her complicated relationship with her younger brother Randy in her book, “Brother & Sister: A Memoir.”
People exclusively broke the story that Keaton had died on Oct. 11 at a Santa Monica hospital. Initially, when the news of Keaton’s death was announced, no cause of death was given by her family but on Oct. 16 an official cause of death was revealed as bacterial pneumonia.
Notably, Keaton won the 1978 Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in the Woody Allen film, “Annie Hall” (1977). Ms. Keaton had three other Oscar nominations to her name including Best Actress for the historical drama “Reds” (1981) co-starring her at-the-time boyfriend Warren Beatty and as a woman battling leukemia while reuniting with her estranged sister in “Marvin’s Room” (1996).
Her final of her four Best Actress Oscar nominations was in the Meyers film “Something’s Gotta Give” (2003) co-starring Jack Nicholson. Ms. Keaton also received many other awards during her almost sixty-year acting career including a BAFTA award, three Golden Globe awards, and was honored with the AFI (American Film Institute) Life Achievement Award at the 2017 45th ceremony.
She was known for her eccentric style and notable collaborations with directors like Woody Allen and Nancy Meyers. Keaton would go on to make eight films with Allen and four with Meyers.
Keaton was unafraid to go against fashion trends and set her own, establishing herself as a style icon with her unique look of big hats, turtlenecks and suits always worn with belts that would accentuate her physique.
In fact, her famous hats and high necklines were purposeful as she had previously been diagnosed with skin cancer first at age 21 and then again decades later.
Keaton never considered herself an “icon” or a “pioneer” but her life as well as the roles she played in films like “Baby Boom” highlighted the single woman by choice lifestyle.
“I’m 73 and I think I’m the only one in my generation, and maybe before, who has been a single woman all her life,” Keaton said to People in one of her final interviews.
Keaton also had a flair for interior design and flipping houses. She would go on to renovate and resell close to 50 homes throughout her lifetime to fellow celebrities like Ryan Murphy. Keaton even published a book about her knack for renovating homes and utilizing Pinterest as a guide in “The House That Pinterest Built” (2017).
Close sources and friends spoke to People about how Ms.Keaton had continued to create all the way until the end of her life as her health had significantly declined in the months leading up to her death.
Keaton was remembered in tributes by former boyfriends Al Pacino and Woody Allen, as well as co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Witherspoon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bette Midler, Jane Fonda, and Goldie Hawn. Keaton famously never married and adopted her two children, son Duke and daughter Dexter, in her fifties.
Keaton was cremated per her wishes on Oct. 14. She is survived by her two children, her siblings and her beloved golden-retriever, Reggie. Full information on all of her survivors has not yet been made available.
