Hollywood is mourning the lack of Diane Keaton.
The Oscar-winning actress, finest identified for her roles in “Annie Corridor,” “The Godfather” and “The First Wives Membership,” died Saturday on the age of 79.
Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen, Candice Bergen and Jane Fonda communicate onstage throughout the CinemaCon 2018 Paramount Footage Presentation, on April 25, 2018 in Las Vegas.
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Her dying was confirmed by producer Dori Rath, who had beforehand labored along with her. No reason behind dying has been launched.
Goldie Hawn shared a heartfelt tribute on Instagram, posting a photo of Keaton and reflecting on their longtime friendship.
“Diane, we aren’t able to lose you,” she wrote within the caption. “You’ve got left us with a path of fairy mud, stuffed with particles of sunshine and reminiscences past creativeness. How do we are saying goodbye? What phrases can come to thoughts when your coronary heart is damaged? You by no means preferred reward, so humble, however now you’ll be able to’t inform me to ‘shut up’ honey. There was, and will probably be, nobody such as you.”
Hawn reminisced about their time working collectively on “The First Wives Membership,” sharing reminiscences of laughter and friendship on set.
“You stole the hearts of the world and shared your genius with thousands and thousands, making movies that made us snigger and cry in methods solely you might,” she wrote. “I used to be blessed to make ‘First Wives Membership’ with you, our days beginning with espresso within the make-up trailer, laughing and joking, proper via to the final day of filming. It was a curler coaster of affection.”
She continued, “We agreed to develop previous collectively, and in the future, possibly dwell along with all our girlfriends. Effectively, we by no means bought to dwell collectively, however we did get older collectively. Who is aware of… possibly within the subsequent life.Shine your fairy mud up there, girlfriend. I’ll miss the hell out of you. My coronary heart goes out to your stunning kids, Dex and Duke. I really like you.”
In an announcement to ABC Information, Robert De Niro mentioned he was heartbroken by Keaton’s dying.
“I’m very unhappy to listen to of Diane’s passing,” the assertion learn. “I used to be very keen on her and the information of her leaving us has taken me completely without warning. I used to be not anticipating her to go away us. She will probably be missed. Could she relaxation in peace.”
Diane Keaton and Bette Midler throughout 1997 Girls In Movie Crystal Awards at Century Plaza Resort in Century Metropolis, Calif., on June 13, 1997.
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Jane Fonda additionally paid tribute to Keaton on Instagram, writing, “It is laborious to imagine…or settle for…that Diane has handed.”
“She was at all times a spark of life and lightweight, continually guffawing at her personal foibles, being limitlessly inventive…in her performing, her wardrobe, her books, her mates, her houses, her library, her world view. Distinctive is what she was. And, although she did not realize it or would not admit it, man she was a superb actress!” she added.
Bette Midler shared her personal message of loss, calling Keaton “The sensible, stunning, extraordinary.”
“I can not let you know how unbearably unhappy this makes me,” she wrote on Instagram. “She was hilarious, a whole authentic, and fully with out guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have anticipated from such a star. What you noticed was who she was…oh, la, lala!”
Viola Davis remembered Keaton as a lady who “outlined womanhood.”
“The pathos, humor, levity, your ever-present youthfulness and vulnerability — you tattooed your SOUL into each function, making it not possible to think about anybody else inhabiting them,” she wrote in her Instagram caption. “You had been undeniably, unapologetically YOU!!! Cherished you. Man… relaxation nicely. God bless your loved ones, and I do know angels are flying you dwelling. 💔💔💔.”
Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler pose for photographs after arriving on the Paramount Footage Studio for the world premiere of their new film, “The First Wives Membership” 16 September in Hollywood, California.
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PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange additionally honored Keaton’s legacy, highlighting her compassion for animals.
“Diane Keaton’s affect as a superb and proficient actor is simple, however PETA will at all times bear in mind her as a real pal to animals,” the assertion learn. “At each flip, she used her platform to champion animals, from advocating kindness towards animals typically missed, similar to pigeons, to taking over abusive cub-petting operations by endorsing the Large Cat Public Security Act, to ditching meat and reminding everybody that ‘it is nuts’ to eat animals. Diane’s coronary heart was evident in all the things she did, and she or he will probably be drastically missed by all of us at PETA.”
