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Diane Keaton RIP (Original Post) Sneederbunk 21 hrs ago OP
Oh dear NoPasaran 21 hrs ago #1
79 is a very old age Justice Brandeis 21 hrs ago #2
This 77 year old says Mossfern 21 hrs ago #4
Thank-you. lostincalifornia 21 hrs ago #6
This 77 year lady also says it's not that old. PoindexterOglethorpe 19 hrs ago #36
This 77 year old lady agrees. murielm99 19 hrs ago #46
Same here, somewhat younger. hunter 18 hrs ago #72
My grandparents lived until their late 90's Mossfern 18 hrs ago #74
Sorry, not so very old. elleng 21 hrs ago #8
Not so much these days... regnaD kciN 21 hrs ago #10
That's the wisecrack that I made that seems to have been lost on most posters Justice Brandeis 20 hrs ago #19
Yeah, the orange goon does seem past due for a visit by the reaper Easterncedar 19 hrs ago #53
Here is the DU sarcasm smilie⤵️⤵️ irisblue 18 hrs ago #61
This 78 year old says get off my lawn, your mother's calling you Hekate 20 hrs ago #12
I, too... GiqueCee 19 hrs ago #38
Ain't that the truth! Hekate 19 hrs ago #49
Lol. Me too Joinfortmill 19 hrs ago #52
I will be 79 in 19 days. tavernier 20 hrs ago #18
My mom, at 70 something, bungie jumped off a Chinese Bridge and the next year did the Sidney Bridge Climb... Teacher of the Year 20 hrs ago #23
My mom was a similar creature. hunter 17 hrs ago #78
Wonderful! Grim Chieftain 19 hrs ago #33
79 really doesn't feel much older than 72 to me. tavernier 19 hrs ago #48
Thank you Grim Chieftain 19 hrs ago #50
Much respect for all you have done and are doing! colorado_ufo 19 hrs ago #47
So what? Cirsium 20 hrs ago #30
Huh? choie 19 hrs ago #41
I'm 80 myself - soldierant 19 hrs ago #43
People in their 20s certainly think that way Warpy 19 hrs ago #54
I have some time to go to reach that age, but I do feel "very old," but in a good way. NNadir 18 hrs ago #59
Not really. Not these days. Crunchy Frog 18 hrs ago #63
This message was self-deleted by its author csusan 18 hrs ago #70
Very sad loss Traildogbob 21 hrs ago #3
Well said tdbob. Brenda 19 hrs ago #39
All class, dignity and talent. Traildogbob 19 hrs ago #42
Well, that sucks. edbermac 21 hrs ago #5
She was a fine actress. My favorite was the drama "Reds" with Warren Beatty. Ping Tung 21 hrs ago #7
Loved her in this movie. FalloutShelter 19 hrs ago #51
;-( elleng 21 hrs ago #9
OMG milestogo 21 hrs ago #11
Right? The argument was about abortion! nt Brenda 19 hrs ago #40
Yeah it was Godfather part 2 fujiyamasan 18 hrs ago #67
And she specifically didn't want to bring another son into the world milestogo 18 hrs ago #71
Godfather 2 is definitely the best of the series. milestogo 18 hrs ago #73
I Have II A Pinch Ahead Of I, &... ProfessorGAC 3 hrs ago #83
WHAT?! - Maybe only caught a couple of glimpses of her in movies, but the ones in the chat shows UTUSN 20 hrs ago #13
She did a wide range of roles, from drama to comedy. RIP...nt Wounded Bear 20 hrs ago #14
Yeah, saw Goodbar eons ago, first Gfather, and bit of ALLEN one, but UTUSN 20 hrs ago #24
She was one of my favorite actresses Tree Lady 20 hrs ago #15
This saddens me Quiet Em 20 hrs ago #16
I officially hate October now. She was such an icon (to me). chowder66 20 hrs ago #17
Sorry to hear it. Fine actress. Paladin 20 hrs ago #20
She was in the original Broadway cast of "Hair". LisaM 20 hrs ago #21
Annie Hall changed my life LSparkle 20 hrs ago #22
I can still remember seeing her in the movie Looking for Mr. Goodbar......she got a Golden Globe for that performance turbinetree 20 hrs ago #25
And she's sitting at the bar reading The Godfather milestogo 3 hrs ago #84
Thank you for the reminder I had forgotten that ................ turbinetree 1 hr ago #85
I watched Goodbar again recently... milestogo 35 min ago #86
Wow this one is sad newdeal2 20 hrs ago #26
Oh, Damn no. 😢😢😢 blm 20 hrs ago #27
My favorite movie of hers is "Baby Boom," her nervous characters are so fun. betsuni 20 hrs ago #28
Baby Boom is my favorite too! MyMission 18 hrs ago #66
"Baby Boom" is my favorite, too MorbidButterflyTat 16 hrs ago #80
With the horse in the vet's office! I'm watching it again and it's peak Diane. Utterly unique. betsuni 5 hrs ago #82
Yikes! John1956PA 20 hrs ago #29
RIP Ollie Garkie 20 hrs ago #31
Oh No DET 20 hrs ago #32
... ancianita 19 hrs ago #34
Thank You stillspkg 19 hrs ago #35
No! Damn. :( Solly Mack 19 hrs ago #37
RIP, Diane shanti 19 hrs ago #44
Did NOT see this one coming Lulu KC 19 hrs ago #45
She is probably our greatest character actress. SleeplessinSoCal 18 hrs ago #55
Link? johnnyfins 18 hrs ago #56
Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in Father of the Bride, First Wives Club and More, Dies at 79 irisblue 18 hrs ago #62
Good at drama and comedy. Great timing in both genres Raven123 18 hrs ago #57
That's sad karin_sj 18 hrs ago #58
Loved her in everything she did KT2000 18 hrs ago #60
RIP. Crunchy Frog 18 hrs ago #64
This is very sad news..... Butterflylady 18 hrs ago #65
Another great one has left us. Liberal In Texas 18 hrs ago #68
... 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #69
I get the deRien 18 hrs ago #75
She was one of my "ones" as my wife calls it underpants 18 hrs ago #76
R.I.P. A great actress. sinkingfeeling 17 hrs ago #77
Gone way too soon ... Raine 17 hrs ago #79
RIP MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #81

hunter

(40,049 posts)
72. Same here, somewhat younger.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 06:01 PM
18 hrs ago

In my world we aim for a century and it's always something gone wrong if we don't get past ninety.

I can tell you what went wrong with all my immediate ancestors who didn't make it past ninety and won't be surprised if I land among them. The odds are good I'll know near exactly what went wrong.


Mossfern

(4,427 posts)
74. My grandparents lived until their late 90's
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 06:05 PM
18 hrs ago

They just didn't make it to 100.
It's especially significant that my grandfather had Parkinson's Disease and my grandmother had heart issues.

regnaD kciN

(27,328 posts)
10. Not so much these days...
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 03:19 PM
21 hrs ago

The number of people who live well into their 80s and even 90s has become much larger in recent decades.

Of course, that’s for people in reasonably good health – unlike a certain 79-year-old we all know.

Easterncedar

(5,024 posts)
53. Yeah, the orange goon does seem past due for a visit by the reaper
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 05:12 PM
19 hrs ago

You could tweak your first post for the literal minded.

GiqueCee

(2,890 posts)
38. I, too...
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:47 PM
19 hrs ago

... am 78, and still chuggin' along, though I'm not quite the Energizer Bunny I once was. It's weird being the same age as old people.

tavernier

(13,999 posts)
18. I will be 79 in 19 days.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 03:51 PM
20 hrs ago

I work full time as prep cook and a lunch lady in a busy cafeteria after retiring from 50 years of nursing. I walk two miles a day. I go out with friends three to five nights a week for dinner or breakfast or cocktails. I fly around the country all by myself visiting family. I just returned from Hollywood California where we walked for blocks enjoying reading the star’s sidewalk signs and then had lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel (Hotel California). A few months ago I was in Costa Rica zip lining in the rain forest.

So what have you done lately?

23. My mom, at 70 something, bungie jumped off a Chinese Bridge and the next year did the Sidney Bridge Climb...
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:06 PM
20 hrs ago

The next year was zip lining in the Amazon.

She tried to hide the pictures from me but I found them. She was also the person in Thailand who volunteered to lay on the ground with an elephant holding his foot over her head. That picture almost gave me a heart attack.

Every trip she went on I half-expected her not to return and she didn't tell me about ANY of these things. When I would find the pictures later on (YOU BUNGIE JUMPED OFF THAT RUSTY OLD BRIDGE??!!!!!) she would always say, "I didn't say anything because I know you would worry."

God only knows what else she did I never found out about.



hunter

(40,049 posts)
78. My mom was a similar creature.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 06:28 PM
17 hrs ago

She'd say "God's name is random chance" and that random chance is what took her out of this universe.

And she was a total bitch about it too, to her very last breath, bestowing upon me the title "son of a bitch."

I might complain to the god she conversed with about that, but my mom's mother was even worse. My great grandma, my grandmother's mother who died when I was sixteen was an actual Holy Terror.

colorado_ufo

(6,157 posts)
47. Much respect for all you have done and are doing!
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:59 PM
19 hrs ago

I will be 79 next year as I prepare for my SECOND national (raw) powerlifting competition, next year in Chicago. I flew to Atlanta by myself for this year's competition - but I only got Silver in my age/weight division. Some 72 year old "kid" beat me!

soldierant

(9,016 posts)
43. I'm 80 myself -
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:53 PM
19 hrs ago

did not expect to live this long, but still going strong, albeit with aches and pains

My mother lived to 93 and wouldn't have died then had dhe not been exposed to pneumonia.

Warpy

(114,014 posts)
54. People in their 20s certainly think that way
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 05:17 PM
19 hrs ago

People age at different rates. I've seen people die of old age in their late 50s or still be going strong at100.

Women who were married off as little girls in their early teens were often dead of yearly childbirth leading to premature old age by the time they were 30.

So you might want to rethink that post. "Extreme old age" doesn't have a set number attached to it.

Having said that, I have to say everything over our three score and ten is gravy. I don't know Keaton's COD but it could have been a sudden one affecting someone who was still active and enjoying her life or it could have been a slow one

I thought her best work was her portrayal of Louise Bryant in "Reds."

RIP and thanks.

NNadir

(36,729 posts)
59. I have some time to go to reach that age, but I do feel "very old," but in a good way.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 05:36 PM
18 hrs ago

I am happier than I've ever been before, although to be honest, I've been pretty damned happy since become my wife's lover 41 years ago. I was, therefore, pretty happy in my 30's and 40's as well.

The orange pedophile in the White House wouldn't know what happiness is, I think. He's an old senile crank nowhere near to Ms. Keaton in her old age.

His age is showing, but unlike mine, not in a good way.

Response to Justice Brandeis (Reply #2)

Traildogbob

(11,988 posts)
3. Very sad loss
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 03:08 PM
21 hrs ago

But these days you have to imagine they are certainly in a better place than Satan’s playground and his cult.
I no longer fear death, under this regime an early one seems inevitable, and they wanna make what’s left miserable as it could possibly be.
Think I will just Binge watch a lot of her craft and find a happy minute or two.
Thank you Diane for the gift you left us.


Brenda

(1,842 posts)
39. Well said tdbob.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:49 PM
19 hrs ago

She was a very unique actor and allowed herself to age in front of the camera which is highly unusual for most Hollywood people, especially women.

Traildogbob

(11,988 posts)
42. All class, dignity and talent.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:53 PM
19 hrs ago

Again We are blessed to have her on film so she will
Always be with us.

edbermac

(16,353 posts)
5. Well, that sucks.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 03:12 PM
21 hrs ago

PEOPLE can confirm the legendary actress died in California. Further details are not available at this time, and her loved ones have asked for privacy, according to a family spokesperson.

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

milestogo

(21,963 posts)
11. OMG
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 03:21 PM
21 hrs ago

She was in The Godfather and Looking for Mr Goodbar in the 70s. I always loved that scene of her arguing with Michael Corleone.

fujiyamasan

(741 posts)
67. Yeah it was Godfather part 2
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 05:47 PM
18 hrs ago

What a scene. Both Pacino and Keaton were so good. The way she reveals it…and his reaction. It’s crazy to think how relevant it still is. She was very talented.

Two of the greatest movies of all time.

The third wasn’t a terrible movie per se, but it didn’t really match up in any way, so the less said the better. Just felt like a money grab.

milestogo

(21,963 posts)
71. And she specifically didn't want to bring another son into the world
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 06:01 PM
18 hrs ago

to be part of this "Sicilian" thing. Up till then you really don't hear her criticize the Family.

ProfessorGAC

(74,753 posts)
83. I Have II A Pinch Ahead Of I, &...
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 08:50 AM
3 hrs ago

...III light-years behind the other 2.
So, we completely agree on the best in series.

UTUSN

(75,999 posts)
13. WHAT?! - Maybe only caught a couple of glimpses of her in movies, but the ones in the chat shows
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 03:30 PM
20 hrs ago

created the impression for me of her being very likable and funny. Somehow am feeling this news more than about others of more exposure, aside from the generic mortality of everybody and everything.



UTUSN

(75,999 posts)
24. Yeah, saw Goodbar eons ago, first Gfather, and bit of ALLEN one, but
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:06 PM
20 hrs ago

back in the Goodbar time I didn't know who she was and was paying more attention to the whole thing. And, unlike the entire universe, never cared for the whole Mafia craze and paid little attention to it and anybody in it. And ALLEN, unlike the entire universe, wasn't attracted to his whole shtick, then was grossed that she was in a relationship with him, then later the whole Mia episode put him on my complete zero list.

So I'm left, about her, basically with her chat show appearances. I know who she was - classy, funny, ingratiating.




Tree Lady

(12,789 posts)
15. She was one of my favorite actresses
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 03:40 PM
20 hrs ago

Loved her smile. She seemed so down to earth.

Her kids are in their 20's since she adopted in her 50's, feel for them since they had no dad.

Paladin

(31,764 posts)
20. Sorry to hear it. Fine actress.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:02 PM
20 hrs ago

Glad she was able to appear in some genuinely immortal films. People will be watching and appreciating her dramatic skills, 100 years from now.

LisaM

(29,366 posts)
21. She was in the original Broadway cast of "Hair".
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:04 PM
20 hrs ago

I was obsessed with that when I was ten years old. That's how I thought of her for years - a hippie, singing about things like air pollution - and her career after that came as a surprise to me.

LSparkle

(12,098 posts)
22. Annie Hall changed my life
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:06 PM
20 hrs ago

Neurosis became my superpower and I no longer was afraid to let it show.

Rest in peace, Diane, you will be missed and long remembered.

turbinetree

(26,628 posts)
25. I can still remember seeing her in the movie Looking for Mr. Goodbar......she got a Golden Globe for that performance
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:06 PM
20 hrs ago

milestogo

(21,963 posts)
84. And she's sitting at the bar reading The Godfather
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 09:03 AM
3 hrs ago

Richard Gere's character tells her that it was made into a movie.

milestogo

(21,963 posts)
86. I watched Goodbar again recently...
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 11:46 AM
35 min ago

Tom Berenger as the killer, Richard Gere as some guy in a bar - but to them Diane Keaton must have been a big star because she was in The Godfather and they were just getting started.

newdeal2

(4,307 posts)
26. Wow this one is sad
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:08 PM
20 hrs ago

She always embodied grace and love. And so stylish. A very big loss - RIP.

betsuni

(28,431 posts)
28. My favorite movie of hers is "Baby Boom," her nervous characters are so fun.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:10 PM
20 hrs ago

I loved how she wore interesting clothes that looked great on her, that she never got married, how happy she looked.

MyMission

(2,008 posts)
66. Baby Boom is my favorite too!
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 05:46 PM
18 hrs ago

Aside from the great story line and fun clothes, I really enjoy the views of both NYC and rural Vermont, 2 places I've known throughout my life.

She was a great actress, memorable in so many performances as folks are noting throughout this thread, and she will be missed and remembered. I'll have to rewatch Baby Boom this weekend, and may rewatch a number of others as well.

MorbidButterflyTat

(3,737 posts)
80. "Baby Boom" is my favorite, too
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 07:46 PM
16 hrs ago

She gets a flat tire and tries to change it using the car manual.

Then Sam Shepard stops to help her and she tells him off: "So what do you think about that!" And he grabs her and kisses her until she's mush in his arms.

Love it.

betsuni

(28,431 posts)
82. With the horse in the vet's office! I'm watching it again and it's peak Diane. Utterly unique.
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 07:03 AM
5 hrs ago

DET

(2,249 posts)
32. Oh No
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:15 PM
20 hrs ago

I always thought of her as ageless - beautiful, perky, spunky, with her own unique personal style. I think I first saw her in ‘Looking for Mr. Goodbar’, a very disturbing movie. Wonderful actress. She will be missed.

shanti

(21,764 posts)
44. RIP, Diane
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 04:54 PM
19 hrs ago

She was an alumni of my own Santa Ana High School, albeit 10 years earlier.

Fun fact: She was in 'Father of the Bride' with Steve Martin, who was also an alumni of SAHS.

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,293 posts)
55. She is probably our greatest character actress.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 05:22 PM
18 hrs ago

Her sense of style and delight in what she was doing kept her young. She never grew old. She loved to sing as well. Lesson learned.

Raven123

(7,139 posts)
57. Good at drama and comedy. Great timing in both genres
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 05:23 PM
18 hrs ago

The Godfather and the remake of Father of the Bride are among the most memorable for me.

Liberal In Texas

(15,699 posts)
68. Another great one has left us.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 05:52 PM
18 hrs ago

She was a fine actor and funny.

Another instrument in the grand symphony of our lives has silenced.

RIP

underpants

(193,433 posts)
76. She was one of my "ones" as my wife calls it
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 06:20 PM
18 hrs ago

Whenever we see her in the screen my wife makes some sort on comment like “there’s one of yours”

Celebrity crushes along with Andy McDowell.

I watched every Woody Allen movie as a kid.

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