Overview

• Diane Keaton died in California on Oct. 11 at age 79, according to a family statement that asked for privacy.
• Nancy Meyers honored her longtime friend and collaborator on Instagram, calling Keaton “fearless,” “born to be a movie star,” and saying that writing for her “made me better.”
• Woody Allen published a remembrance in The Free Press, praising Keaton’s singular presence and recalling that he made films “for an audience of one, Diane Keaton.”
• Reports cite emergency dispatch audio and Los Angeles Fire Department response to her home, but officials have not confirmed an exact cause of death.
• A 2017 AFI gala clip of Steve Martin and Martin Short serenading Keaton is circulating as co-stars including Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Jane Fonda and Steve Martin post tributes; she is survived by her children Duke and Dexter.