Diane Keaton’s close friend is recalling her final visit with the legendary actress before her death.
“I saw her two or three weeks ago, and she was very thin,” Carole Bayer Sager told People in an interview published on Sunday, October 12. “She had lost so much weight.”
The Oscar-winning songwriter, 81 — who cowrote Keaton’s solo single, “First Christmas” — told the outlet that she had less interaction with the actress this year due to the deadly January wildfires in California. (The track dropped in 2024 alongside co-writer and producer Jonas Myrin.)
Keaton, for her part, spent months in Palm Springs after the devastation. “She had to go to Palm Springs because her house had been damaged inside, and they had to clean everything,” Sager recalled. “She was down there for a while, and when she came back, I was kind of stunned by how much weight she’d lost.”
Sager shared that Keaton was “a magic light for everyone,” adding, “I just loved her. She was so special, she just lit up a room with her energy. She was happy and upbeat and taking photographs of everything she saw. She was completely creative; she never stopped creating.”
News broke on Saturday, October 11, that Keaton died at age 79. The actress’ family told People that they would not be sharing further details, asking “for privacy” as they mourn her loss. Us Weekly reached out for comment.
A separate friend of Keaton’s told People in an interview published on Saturday that the Father of the Bride star’s health “declined very suddenly” in her last few months. A source shared that Keaton had a routine of taking daily walks with her dog Reggie in the Brentwood, California, neighborhood — but stopped appearing in public earlier this year.
Keaton reportedly opted to keep her health issues private, choosing to be around “her closest family.” (Keaton adopted daughter Dexter and son Duke in 1996 and 2001, respectively.)
Legendary actress Diane Keaton has died. She was 79. Keaton died in California, a spokesperson for her family told People on Saturday, October 11. Per the outlet, no additional information surrounding the actress’ death is available at this time, while her family has “asked for privacy.” Us Weekly has reached out to representatives for Keaton […]
Several stars have since paid tribute to the actress, including Reese Witherspoon, Father of the Bride costar Steve Martin and Marvin’s Room costar Robert De Niro. In a statement, De Niro, 82, described Keaton as “brilliant, funny and unapologetically herself.”
“A legend, an icon, and a truly kind human being,” he shared. “I had the honor of working with her at 18. She will be deeply missed.”
Ahead of her death, Keaton exclusively told Us Weekly in September 2022 that she would be open to more projects down the line.
“I would say more of everything that comes my way. I don’t know what’s going to come my way. Maybe nothing’s going to come my way,” she shared at the time. “I’ve been so lucky, and so I just don’t want to push off anything without knowing if I could have a chance to know, would I be doing it or what. I wouldn’t knock out anything unless I read something that I really felt that I wouldn’t be right for, something like that. That just is not good for me.”
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