Sarah Paulson, friend of the late Diane Keaton, is mourning the famed actress in the wake of her shocking death.
Paulson, 50, was reportedly spotted crying outside Keaton’s home on Saturday, October 11, per Page Six, only hours after news of Keaton’s death broke. The outlet also noted that the two women were friends “for many years,” adding that other women were also spotted leaving the home with Paulson.
In a 2021 interview with Interview Magazine, Keaton answered 25 questions from friends and people who knew her, including The People v. O.J. Simpson star.
“If your house was on fire and you could only cut one thing, what would it be?” Paulson asked, to which Keaton answered: “My dog, Reggie.”
Diane Keaton reportedly faced upheaval with her health in the final months before her death at age 79. Keaton’s spokesperson announced on Saturday, October 11, that the actress had died at age 79 without offering any further details. Her family “asked for privacy” as they grieved their immense loss. Us Weekly reached out to Keaton’s […]
Paulson then asked, “What person, place, or thing makes your heart sing? (You can say me.)”
Keaton agreed. “Of course, Sarah, you make my heart sing,” she replied. “My friends make my heart sing. My kids make my heart sing. But also, Lillet Blanc makes my heart sing. With lots of ice.”
News of Keaton’s death prompted an outpouring of tributes in honor of the Annie Hall star. “Diane, we aren’t ready to lose you,” her First Wives Club costar Goldie Hawn wrote via Instagram in the hours after her death.
“You’ve left us with a trail of fairy dust, filled with particles of light and memories beyond imagination,” she continued in the caption. “How do we say goodbye? What words can come to mind when your heart is broken? You never liked praise, so humble, but today you can’t tell me to “shut up” honey. There was, and will be, no one like you.”
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She added: “You stole the hearts of the world and shared your genius with millions, making films that made us laugh and cry in ways only you could. I was blessed to make First Wives Club with you, our days starting with coffee in the makeup trailer, laughing and joking, right through to the very last day of filming. It was a roller coaster of love.”
Though no cause of death has been shared, a friend close to Keaton told People the actress had lost a lot of weight in the weeks preceding her death.
“I saw her two or three weeks ago, and she was very thin,” Carole Bayer Sager said in an interview published on Sunday, October 12. “She had lost so much weight.”
She added that Keaton had spent a lot of time in Palm Springs following the January 2025 wildfires in California.
“She had to go to Palm Springs because her house had been damaged inside, and they had to clean everything,” Sager, 81, explained. “She was down there for a while, and when she came back, I was kind of stunned by how much weight she’d lost.”
Bette Midler has offered a heartfelt tribute to her First Wives Club costar Diane Keaton following Keaton’s death at age 79. “The brilliant, beautiful, extraordinary Diane Keaton has died,” Midler, 79, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, October 11. “I cannot tell you how unbearably sad this makes me.” Keaton’s spokesperson confirmed to People earlier on […]
Of Keaton, who Sager said was “a magic light for everyone,” she also said, “I just loved her. She was so special, she just lit up a room with her energy. She was happy and upbeat and taking photographs of everything she saw. She was completely creative; she never stopped creating.”
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