Diane Keaton, Annie Hall Star And Oscar Winner, Dead At 79

Legendary actor Diane Keaton died on October 11, 2025. The star, famous for her roles in "Annie Hall" and "Father of the Bride," passed away in California. A spokesperson for her family confirmed news of her death with People. The spokesperson also noted that her loved ones have asked for privacy at this time. Keaton is survived by her two children, Dexter and Duke Keaton.

Keaton was born in Los Angeles on January 5, 1946, under the name Diane Hall, and she spent her youth in Southern California before moving to New York and beginning her professional acting career (where she also swapped her given surname, Hall, for her mother's maiden name, Keaton, as there was already a Diane Hall in the Screen Actors Guild). 

In 1968, Keaton scored a role in the original Broadway run of the iconic musical, "Hair." A year later, she first took to the stage with the man who would become her most famous collaborator, Woody Allen, in Allen's Broadway play, "Play it Again, Sam." Keaton was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance, and that was only the start of an illustrious acting career that crossed the boundaries of stage and screen. 

While Diane Keaton cut her teeth as a professional actor on Broadway, she gained international superstardom when she took on the role of Kay Adams, wife of Michael Corleone, in 1972's "The Godfather" and 1974's "The Godfather Part II." Five years later, in 1977, Keaton would tackle what was arguably her most famous film role, "Annie Hall," which earned her the only Oscar win of her career and turned her into a style icon. Keaton scored another three nominations for the Best Actress Academy Award, in 1981 for "Reds," in 1996 for "Marvin's Room," and in 2003 for "Something's Gotta Give." Although Keaton's work in the last two decades of her career wasn't as critically acclaimed as some of her earlier projects, she continued to add to her long resume, starring in her final two films, "Arthur's Whisky" and "Summer Camp," in 2024. She was also a fairly prolific book writer, photographer, and editor.

Keaton remained intentionally unmarried throughout her entire life, and she was particularly devoted to her mother, Dorothy, who died in 2008. Diane Keaton's daughter, Dexter Keaton, was born on December 15, 1995, and adopted by Diane in 1996. Her son, Duke Keaton, was born February 8, 2000, and was adopted in 2001. The details of Keaton's death are not known at this time.