It has been one year since we lost Diane Keaton. The Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ died on October 11, 2025, at the age of 79. Her family shared the cause a few days later in a statement to People, as reported by NBC News. They said their “beloved Diane” had “passed away from pneumonia.” They asked that anyone wishing to honor her give to a local food bank or an animal shelter, because she loved her animals and cared deeply about people without homes.
She was born Diane Hall in Los Angeles in 1946 and built one of the most original careers in the movies. She was Kay in ‘The Godfather’ films. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress as Annie Hall and was nominated three more times, for ‘Reds,’ ‘Marvin’s Room’ and ‘Something’s Gotta Give.’ Later audiences adored her in ‘Father of the Bride’ and ‘The First Wives Club.’ She adopted her daughter Dexter and her son Duke in her fifties. At the Oscars this March, her ‘Family Stone’ co-star Rachel McAdams reminded the room what mattered most to her. “She wore so many hats, literally and figuratively, actress, artist, author, activist, but no hat more important to her than being a mother to her two children,” McAdams said, according to TMZ.
‘The Family Stone’ Will Carry On Without Diane Keaton
That film is now getting a sequel. Searchlight Pictures announced on September 23 that Jean Smart, 75, has joined ‘The Families Stone’ as a new love interest for Craig T. Nelson’s character, Yahoo Entertainment reported. The story picks up 20 years after the death of Sybil Stone, the mother Keaton played in the 2005 original, and filming is set to begin in New York this fall. McAdams and Sarah Jessica Parker are among the returning cast. Keaton’s friends have never stopped talking about her, from Goldie Hawn’s emotional tribute in the days after her death to McAdams calling her “a legend with no end” on Oscar night. A year later, that phrase still fits.
