Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton dies
Diane Keaton, 79, passed away.
A family spokesman told People that the actress, who acted in films like The Godfather, Annie Hall, and The First Wives Club, died in California.
In their grief, Diane’s family has asked for privacy, and no other information on her death has been made public.
Keaton, who was born in 1946 in Los Angeles, began her career on Broadway in the 1960s before becoming well-known in the 1970s for her parts in The Godfather films and her work with Woody Allen on Play It Again, Sam, and Sleeper.
In 1977, she worked with Allen for the fourth time on Annie Hall, which won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as the title character, whom the director had written especially for her.
Keaton was nominated for an Oscar for her performances in Something’s Gotta Give (2003), Marvin’s Room (1996), and Reds (1981).
The actress, a BAFTA winner and two Golden Globe winner, starred in movies like Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Father of the Bride and its sequel, Father of the Bride Part II, and The First Wives Club. In these films, she, Goldie Hawn, and Bette Midler played three women whose husbands had abandoned them for younger women.
She would have been a “misfit” if it weren’t for her acting career, Keaton said in 2019.
I haven’t learnt anything, and I don’t know anything,” she said to People. My wisdom hasn’t increased with age. I wouldn’t have fit in if I hadn’t acted.
Although Keaton never got married, she did adopt a son, Duke, 25, in 2001, and a daughter, Dexter, 29, in 1996.
One day, she recalled: “I realized that I am the only actor in my generation to have remained a single woman all of my life.
“I’m so happy that I didn’t marry. I am a peculiar person. A guy once approached me in high school and remarked, “You’re going to make a good wife one day.” I then decided that I didn’t want to be a wife. Not at all.
The celebrity revealed that she didn’t feel the “urge” to become a mother, but she chose to adopt.
According to Diane, becoming a mother was more of an idea that had been on my mind for a very long time than an impulse that I couldn’t fight. I dove right in.
