Overview

• A family spokesperson told People that Keaton died in California at age 79 and asked for privacy.
• No cause of death has been released; a TMZ-cited ambulance call time has been reported by some outlets but remains unverified.
• Bette Midler, Steve Martin, Cynthia Nixon, Octavia Spencer, Rosie O'Donnell and others shared tributes on social media.
• Keaton earned the 1978 best actress Oscar for Annie Hall and was celebrated for roles in The Godfather trilogy and dozens of films across five decades.
• She never married and adopted two children, Dexter and Duke, a personal detail widely noted in obituaries.