Diane Keaton dies at 79 in California, industry mourns

Diane Keaton, the Oscar winning actress known for her roles in Annie Hall and The Godfather, died on Saturday, October 11, in California at age 79, her family said. Her representatives provided no cause of death and asked for privacy as loved ones mourned. Accounts indicate an ambulance arrived at her home shortly after 8 a.m. and took her to a hospital. A friend of the actress said Keaton declined very suddenly and that her final months were spent surrounded by close family in privacy.

Tributes from colleagues and friends poured in within days. Bette Midler, who co-starred with Keaton and Goldie Hawn in the 1996 comedy The First Wives Club, called her "brilliant, beautiful, extraordinary" in an Instagram post and described the news as "unbearably sad." On television appearances following the announcement, Midler recalled being intimidated the first time she met Keaton and Hawn, then laughing until she cried during filming. "There was something about her that was utterly magical," Midler said on a late night program, adding that Keaton was "completely her own person and inimitable."

Goldie Hawn posted a longer remembrance describing their time on First Wives Club as "a roller...