Even in death it is difficult for fame and the spotlight to stop following you when you have been someone as acclaimed and loved in life as Diane Keaton. It was known last Saturday, and then neither place, time, nor causes of his death were revealed, to the surprise of his many followers. However, it was gradually revealed that Keaton died at his home in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday morning. On Wednesday afternoon, his family announced the cause: he died from pneumonia.
This was communicated by his relatives in a note sent to the magazine, in which they also have words of gratitude. “The Keaton family is very grateful for the extraordinary messages of love and support they have received in recent days on behalf of their beloved Diane, who died on October 11 due to pneumonia,” it reads. At first, the family asked for privacy, but now, four days later, they wanted to share a message of gratitude and affection.
In addition, they wanted to honor Keaton by highlighting some of the causes he loved most. “She loved her animals and unconditionally supported the homeless,” they recalled, “so any donation in her memory to a local food bank or animal shelter would be a wonderful and greatly appreciated tribute to her.”
Sources close to the family declared to the same medium that the actress’s health condition worsened quickly and unexpectedly, and that no one expected her to die. According to what they said, not even many close friends knew that he was serious. Many of them have said goodbye to her these days, from film directors like Woody Allen and Nancy Meyers (who called her “sister” in her farewell) to actors and colleagues like Bette Midler, who has said of her that she was “magical” and “inimitable”, Reese Witherspoon or Steve Martin.
The statement issued on Wednesday afternoon, Los Angeles time, is simply signed by his family, without further clarification about who is behind it. Keaton had various romantic relationships, Al Pacino (for almost two decades, intermittently) and Warren Beatty, but he never married. Already in her fifties, she decided to be a single mother, adopting her two sons, Dexter (in 1996) and Duke (in 2001).
They are probably the ones who signed said statement, and who now have the task of managing the actress’s immense legacy. In addition to winning an Oscar and two Golden Globes and starring in dozens of renowned titles, from Manhattan a The bride’s fatherKeaton was also .
Throughout her life, the interpreter acquired different important houses, which she generally restored and sold again, which helped her increase her assets. In fact, in March he put his house on sale in the exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood for no less than $29 million. That move, despite his taste for buying and selling, generated some surprise, because he had assured that it was his “dream home” and that he intended to live there for the rest of his life. According to the website Page Sixhis fortune would amount to around 100 million dollars.
