Actress Diane Keaton dead at 79
Actress Diane Keaton shot to fame after starring in ‘The Godfather’ and collaborated with Woody Allen in ‘Annie Corridor.’
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Goldie Hawn, Steve Martin and Jane Fonda had been among the many many stars who honored Diane Keaton after the legendary actress died on the age of 79.
On Saturday, Keaton’s loss of life was reported by Individuals journal, with the outlet noting that her household had requested privateness.
After information broke of Keaton’s passing, there was an outpouring of tributes to the Hollywood legend from her former co-stars and different celebrities.
Superstar tributes pour in for Diane Keaton after the actress’s loss of life at 79. (Photograph by Gilbert Flores/WWD by way of Getty Photos)
Hawn, who co-starred with Keaton and Bette Midler within the 1996 hit ensemble comedy “The First Wives Club,” shared an emotional post on Instagram.
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“Diane, we aren’t able to lose you. You’ve left us with a path of fairy mud, full of particles of sunshine and recollections past creativeness,” Hawn wrote alongside a photograph of Keaton.
She continued: “How do we are saying goodbye? What phrases can come to thoughts when your coronary heart is damaged? You by no means appreciated reward, so humble, however now you possibly can’t inform me to ‘shut up’ honey. There was, and will probably be, nobody such as you. You stole the hearts of the world and shared your genius with tens of millions, making movies that made us snicker and cry in methods solely you may.”
Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Keaton starred in 1996’s “The First Wives Membership.” (Getty Photos)
“I used to be blessed to make ‘First Wives Membership’ with you, our days beginning with espresso within the make-up trailer, laughing and joking, proper by to the final day of filming,” Hawn added. “It was a curler coaster of affection.
“We agreed to develop previous collectively, and sooner or later, perhaps dwell along with all our girlfriends,” Hawn wrote. “Effectively, we by no means bought to dwell collectively, however we did get older collectively. Who is aware of… perhaps within the subsequent life.
“Shine your fairy mud up there, girlfriend. I’m going to overlook the hell out of you. My coronary heart goes out to your stunning kids, Dex and Duke,” the Academy Award winner concluded.
Hawn and Midler paid tribute to the actress after her loss of life. (Getty Photos)
Midler also paid tribute to Keaton, posting a black-and-white image of the actress on her Instagram web page together with a heartfelt caption.
“The good, stunning, extraordinary Diane Keaton has died,” she wrote. “I can not inform you how unbearably unhappy this makes me.
“She was hilarious, a whole unique, and utterly with out guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have anticipated from such a star,” Midler added. “What you noticed was who she was…oh, la, lala!”
Keaton starred alongside Mary Steenburgen, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen in “Guide Membership” and “Guide Membership: The Subsequent Chapter.” (Leon Bennett/Getty Photos)
Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen and Don Johnson, who co-starred with Keaton in 2018’s “Guide Membership” and its 2023 sequel “Guide Membership: The Subsequent Chapter,” additionally shared tributes.
“It’s arduous to consider…or settle for…that Diane has handed,” she wrote within the caption of a photo featuring Keaton.
“She was at all times a spark of life and lightweight, always guffawing at her personal foibles, being limitlessly artistic…in her appearing, her wardrobe, her books, her associates, her properties, her library, her world view,” Fonda continued. “Distinctive is what she was. And, although she didn’t comprehend it or wouldn’t admit it, man she was a high quality actress!”
“Diane was magic,” Steenburgen wrote in an announcement to Fox Information Digital. “There was nobody, nor will there ever be, anybody like her. I liked her and felt blessed to be her buddy. My like to her household. What a marvel she was!!!”
Bergen additionally shared an announcement with Fox Information Digital, writing, “It is a big loss each personally and for all of us. Diane was a real artist – tremendously gifted and uniquely gifted in so many disciplines but additionally modest and splendidly eccentric. I’ll miss her terribly.”
“Diane Keaton … what a visit!” Johnson informed Fox Information Digital in an announcement. “She was a kind of distinctive actresses that when she’d realized a personality you simply couldn’t think about anybody else’s interpretation. I liked her .. I’ll miss her.”
Steve Martin posted a humorous remembrance to Keaton. (Lucy Nicholson/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
Martin, who performed Keaton’s on-screen husband within the hit 1991 comedy “Father of the Bride” and its 1995 sequel “Father of the Bride II,” which additionally starred Martin Brief, shared a humorous remembrance of the actress as he posted a screenshot of quotes from a joint interview together with his co-stars.
“Who’s sexier? Me or Steve Martin?” Brief requested within the article, printed by Interview journal in 2021.
“I imply, you are each idiots,” Keaton replied.
“Don’t know who first posted this, however it sums up our pleasant relationship with Diane,” Martin wrote within the caption.
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Kimberly Williams-Paisley, who portrayed Annie Banks, the daughter of Martin’s George Banks and Keaton’s Nina Banks within the “Father of the Bride” motion pictures, commented on the “Solely Murders within the Constructing” star’s put up, writing, “I can completely hear her saying that,” including a crying laughing smiley face emoji.
Williams-Paisley additionally shared her own Instagram tribute to Keaton, posting photographs of herself together with her on-screen mom.
“Diane, working with you’ll at all times be one of many highlights of my life,” Williams-Paisley wrote within the caption. “You might be considered one of a form, and it was thrilling to be in your orbit for a time. Thanks on your kindness, your generosity, your expertise, and above all, your laughter.”
Keaton, Martin and Kimberly Williams-Paisley co-starred in “Father Of The Bride” and its sequel. (Touchstone/Getty Photos)
Mandy Moore, who performed the daughter of Keaton’s character within the hit 2007 romantic comedy “As a result of I Mentioned So,” honored the actress as she remembered their time working collectively on the movie.
“They are saying don’t meet your heroes, however I started working with considered one of mine and even name her ‘mother’ for a couple of months,” Moore recalled in the caption of an Instagram put up that includes photographs of the 2 within the film.
“An honor of a lifetime,” she continued. “What an incandescent human Di is and was. I’m so unhappy she’s gone for all the explanations but in addition as a result of it felt like she’d be right here endlessly, dazzling us together with her expertise and appeal (and her type, c’mon)!!! One of many best to ever do it. All my like to her kids and family members.”
Moore and Diane Keaton starred in “As a result of I Mentioned So.” ( L. Cohen/WireImage)
Hawn’s daughter, Kate Hudson, uploaded a clip from “The First Wives Membership,” writing, “We love you a lot Diane.”
Lily Tomlin posted a photograph of Keaton together with the caption: “Relaxation peacefully, the magnificent Diane Keaton.”
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In an Instagram post, Melissa Joan Hart shared her shock at Keaton’s passing and heaped reward on the late actress.
“There are some folks you assume will dwell endlessly and it took my breathe away to listen to about Diane Keaton passing away right now!” she wrote. “Her physique of labor, her class, her type, her capacity to be wildly gifted and maintain her personal life out of tabloids is to be revered and studied for generations.”
“Thanks for the laughs and tears! she continued. “From #BabyBoom to #SomethingsGottaGive, I’ve loved each film I’ve seen together with her however I’ve to confess I’ve by no means seen #AnnieHall. I do know what I am doing this weekend now! #GodBlesstheFunnyPeople.”
Keaton gained an Oscar for her efficiency in “Annie Corridor.” (LMPC by way of Getty Photos)
In 1977, Keaton gained an Academy Award for her efficiency because the titular character in “Annie Corridor” and she or he was nominated for the award three extra instances.
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The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences paid tribute to Keaton in an Instagram put up, sharing a clip that includes an emotional scene between the late actress and her on-screen son Dermott Mulroney of their 2005 film “The Household Stone.”
“Some actors play feelings. Diane Keaton lived inside them,” the group wrote. “Diane Keaton embodied the contradictions of being human: humorous and fragile, brilliant and bruised, at all times achingly sincere. For many years, she stuffed each body with heat, wit, and marvel. A Finest Actress Oscar winner and four-time nominee, her presence formed generations of storytelling. Her spirit will dwell endlessly on display, and within the hearts of all who noticed themselves in her.”
The Academy and PETA additionally paid tribute to Keaton. (Amy Sussman/Getty Photos)
Lisa Lange, the senior vice chairman of PETA, honored Keaton for her advocacy on behalf of animals.
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“Diane Keaton’s influence as an excellent and gifted actor is simple, however PETA will at all times keep in mind her as a real buddy to animals,” Lange mentioned in an announcement to Fox Information Digital.
She continued, “At each flip, she used her platform to champion animals, from advocating kindness towards animals usually missed, similar to pigeons, to taking over abusive cub-petting operations by endorsing the Large Cat Public Security Act, to ditching meat and reminding everybody that ‘it’s nuts’ to eat animals. Diane’s coronary heart was evident in the whole lot she did, and she or he will probably be enormously missed by all of us at PETA.”
