The Great Diane Keaton has passed away..

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 3:00pm

https://people.com/diane-keaton-dead-oscar-winning-actress-dies-at-79-exclusive-8603118

Updated On: 10/11/25 at 03:00 PM

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 3:01pm

RIP to one of the greats.

[nmartin]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 3:08pm

I am greatly saddened by this news.

I grew up going to the movies in the late 60s and 70s and continued through the 80s. 

Diane Keaton was a huge part of that. 

 

[Kad]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 3:15pm

Devastating. She was one-of-a-kind. 

You can hear her on the Hair OBC- she's one of the "Black Boys" performers. 

Updated On: 10/11/25 at 03:15 PM

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 3:28pm

The term “icon” gets thrown around a lot, but so few actually are. Diane Keaton was an icon. What a shocking and sad loss.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 3:29pm

This one really hurts.

2025 has now taken three of the giants of 1970s New Hollywood acting: Gene Hackman, Robert Redford, and now Diane Keaton.

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 3:39pm

Too soon.  I don't want to believe she's gone.  Ta Ta For Now, Diane Keaton.

[nmartin]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 4:16pm

 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 4:28pm

Highland Guy said: "Too soon. I don't want to believe she's gone. Ta Ta For Now, Diane Keaton."

I was really floored when I read of her passing.  I expected her to live for many years to come.

I had the good fortune to see her in Play It Again, Sam, at the Broadhurst Theatre in 1968.  I had a summer job as a 'host' in a restaurant in Times Square and managed to squeeze in a matinee before work (it was very short, even with an intermission).  She was unique even then.  Loved it and her.  (I MUST have seen her in Hair, since I saw it 4 times in the first two years, but it was hard for anyone not in a lead role to standout, so she made no impression.  Note: why I remember this I will never know, but I remember paying $2.80 for one of the seats and $3.45 for another.

In her later years, she appeared in more than a few stinkers, e.g., Poms, the Book Club movies, but she was always great in them.  But, when you look at all the very good to great movies in which she appeared,, there are VERY few people in movie history who appeared in so many great ones.

 My favorite Diane Keaton moment in any movie was when she sang 'You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To' in Radio Days.  It was a cameo...she had nothing to do with the rest of the movie...but the emotion she brought to the song was breathtaking.

Updated On: 10/11/25 at 04:28 PM

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 4:36pm

She's just someone I always felt would be here...very sad.

When I first moved to LA, I saw her coming out of a store on Melrose Avenue, laden down with a lot of bags. I offered to help and she gave ma a very Annie Hall-like "Oh, no...I'm fine. Thanks." This was around Christmas, 1984.

If you haven't seen MARVIN'S ROOM, she gives a beautiful perfomance. There's a moment in the film, with her, that just breaks me every time I see it.

[nmartin]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 4:49pm

Jarethan said, " My favorite Diane Keaton moment in any movie was when she sang 'You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To' in Radio Days.  It was a cameo...she had nothing to do with the rest of the movie...but the emotion she brought to the song was breathtaking"

That scene from Radio Days is one of the first things I thought of when I heard about her passing. 

[pablitonizer]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 5:01pm

So so sad :( A true icon 

'The Family Stone' gets me everytime. Rip Diane!

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 5:46pm

The universe took the wrong 79 year old. 

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 5:52pm

Very few give her credit for what a lovely singing voice she possessed. 
 

“Seems Like Old Times” in ANNIE HALL, the aforementioned “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To” from RADIO DAYS are just two examples.

She also sang on one of her guest appearances on THE TONIGHT SHOW in 1972, skip to 13:42 - she sings “There’s A Lull In My Life”.

 

[inception]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 6:39pm

I just saw Steve Martin & Martin Short last night at the Wynn in Las Vegas.  They started the show with lots of clips, including from the Father of the Bride films they did with Keaton.  I would imagine that at tonight's ahow they will acknowledge her passing.

Updated On: 10/11/25 at 06:39 PM

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 10/11/25 at 7:26pm

[blug]

Posted: 10/12/25 at 11:57am

For me, her best performance will always be in Alan Parker's hugely underrated Shoot the Moon.  I wanted to post the scene where she's singing to herself in the bathtub, which is a masterclass in solo acting, but here she is with Albert Finney--they are sublime together.  I always thought they should have re-teamed for a comedy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt64N7G3xxI

[Ke3]

Posted: 10/12/25 at 12:44pm

It's funny how much she sang in movies despite not being "known for it." Three different films have been mentioned here where she sings and I came to mention two more. First Wives Club of course ends with she, Goldie, and Bette belting "You Don't Own Me" which would've probably been my go to moment if I hadn't watched Reds a few years ago which features her singing "I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard" to real haunting effect.

[UWS10023]

Posted: 10/12/25 at 4:02pm

I loved Baby Boom! Makes me chuckle every time I see it. She and Sam Shepherd were so good together. RIP Diane. You were just the best!

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/12/25 at 4:19pm

I adored her opposite Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek in CRIMES OF THE HEART.

Her bravest performance was in LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR 

Updated On: 10/12/25 at 04:19 PM