{"id":2086460,"date":"2025-10-12T21:33:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2086460"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:33:43","slug":"diane-keatons-friend-reportedly-shocked-by-actress-appearance-before-her-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/diane-keatons-friend-reportedly-shocked-by-actress-appearance-before-her-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Keaton\u2019s Friend Reportedly Shocked by Actress\u2019 Appearance Before Her Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Diane Keaton died Saturday at the age of 79, and while no official cause of death has been named, several reports indicate the iconic actress may have been dealing with health issues in the months leading up to her passing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Saturday, a report emerged claiming Keaton&#8217;s health \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/diane-keatons-health-declined-suddenly-214203811.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:declined very suddenly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">declined very suddenly<\/a>\u201d over the last few months. Now, one of the <em>Annie Hall<\/em> star&#8217;s close friends has told people she was alarmed by Keaton&#8217;s recent appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager\u00a0said she visited Keaton less than a month ago and described the Academy Award winner as &#8220;very thin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI saw her two or three weeks ago, and she was very thin,&#8221; Sager <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/diane-keaton-friend-on-final-visit-weight-loss-weeks-before-her-death-exclusive-11828702\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:told PEOPLE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">told PEOPLE<\/a>. &#8220;She had lost so much weight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sager added that she hadn&#8217;t seen Keaton for a while since the acclaimed performer was forced to spend time in Palm Springs after he house was damaged by the California wildfires earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When the longtime friends finally reunited, Sager says she was &#8220;stunned&#8221; by Keaton&#8217;s weight loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Keaton&#8217;s family has &#8220;asked for privacy in this moment of great sadness,&#8221; according to<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/diane-keaton-dead-oscar-winning-actress-dies-at-79-exclusive-8603118\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a statement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> a statement<\/a> delivered to PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Friends, fellow performers honor Keaton&#8217;s legacy<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Keaton was a beloved actress, best known for her roles in <em>The Godfather <\/em>trilogy, <em>Father of the Bride<\/em>, <em>Manhattan, The First Wives Club<\/em> and <em>Crimes of the Heart<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/diane-keaton-never-married-she-215710764.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:never married;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">never married<\/a>, Keaton did have two adopted adult children, as well as countless friends and acting contemporaries whose lives she touched.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Many of these people memorialized Keaton publicly after finding out about her passing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The brilliant, beautiful, extraordinary Diane Keaton has died. I cannot tell you how unbearably sad this makes me,&#8221; actress Bette Midler wrote on Instagram. &#8220;She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star. What you saw was who she was\u2026oh, la, lala!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;\u201cHow do we say goodbye? What words can come to mind when your heart is broken? You never liked praise, so humble, but now you can\u2019t tell me to \u201cshut up\u201d honey. There was, and will be, no one like you,&#8221; actress Goldie Hawn added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;One of the greatest film actors ever. An icon of style, humor and comedy. Brilliant. What a person,&#8221; wrote actor and comedian Ben Stiller on X\/Twitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Diane was a true artist \u2013 tremendously gifted and uniquely talented in so many disciplines yet also modest and wonderfully eccentric.\u00a0 I will miss her terribly,&#8221;\u00a0said actress Candice Bergen <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/10\/11\/diane-keaton-death-reactions-steve-martin\/86649617007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:in a statement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Francis Ford Coppola, who directed Keaton in <em>The Godfather<\/em>, called the Los Angeles native &#8220;endlessly intelligent, so beautiful&#8221; and added that &#8220;everything about Diane was creativity personified.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>This story was originally reported by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/entertainment\/diane-keatons-friend-reportedly-shocked-by-actress-appearance-before-her-death\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Men's Journal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Men&#8217;s Journal<\/a> on Oct 12, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment<\/a> section. Add Men&#8217;s Journal as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=mensjournal.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diane Keaton died Saturday at the age of 79, and while no official cause of death has been named, several reports indicate the iconic actress may have been dealing with health issues in the months leading up to her passing. 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