Hollywood is in mourning following the heartbreaking death of Oscar-winning legend Diane Keaton, who was rushed from her Los Angeles home by ambulance early Saturday morning.
Taken to a nearby hospital
Now, new details are emerging about Diane Keaton’s final hours.
At 8:08 a.m., emergency responders arrived at the 79-year-old actress’s California residence after receiving a distress call. Audio from the 911 dispatch, obtained by TMZ, revealed the chilling moment first responders were sent out.
In the clip, a dispatcher can be heard saying, “Rescue 19, person down,” before giving Keaton’s address. The Los Angeles Fire Department later confirmed they responded to a medical emergency at that location and transported one person to a nearby hospital by ambulance.
That person, sources told TMZ, was Diane Keaton. She was later pronounced dead.
Diane Keaton’s longtime friend and collaborator, Carol Bayer Sager recently shared memories of her final visit with the actress, noting how much she had changed in the weeks leading up to her passing.
“She was very thin”
Speaking to People, Sager recalled seeing the Oscar-winning star just two or three weeks ago and being struck by her appearance.
“She was very thin,” Sager said. “She had lost so much weight.”
Another friend told People that the Annie Hall star’s health declined rapidly in recent months, leaving even her closest friends largely unaware of what was happening.
“She declined very suddenly, which was heartbreaking for everyone who loved her,” the friend said. “It was so unexpected, especially for someone with such strength and spirit.”
The source added:
“In her final months, she was surrounded only by her closest family, who chose to keep things very private. Even longtime friends weren’t fully aware of what was happening.”
Hint at cause of death
Before her passing, Diane Keaton faced significant health challenges, including struggles with bulimia and skin cancer.
In a 2014 interview with Dr. Oz, Keaton opened up about her eating disorder:
“All I did was feed my hunger, so I am an addict,” she said. “It’s true. I’m an addict in recovery, I’ll always be an addict. I have an addictive nature to me.”
She revealed that during her battle with bulimia, she would sometimes consume up to 20,000 calories and then force herself to purge.
Keaton also faced skin cancer at different points in her life. In her 20s, she overcame basal cell carcinoma, and decades later, she was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, which required two surgeries to remove.
“It’s a family history,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 2015. “I remember my Auntie Martha had skin cancer so bad they removed her nose. My father had basal skin cancer and my brother had it. It’s tricky with this skin cancer. That’s why you’ve got to put the sunblock on.”
Diane Keaton’s passing marks the end of an era. A true original, she wasn’t just an actress — she was a storyteller, a risk-taker, and a woman who made being authentically herself her greatest role of all.
From her early days on Broadway to her latest projects that continued to inspire, Keaton’s impact on film — and on millions of hearts — will never fade.
Her loss leaves an empty space in Hollywood, but her voice, style, and spirit will live on in every scene she ever graced. She leaves behind her two children, daughter Dexter, 29, and son Duke, 25, both of whom she adopted in her 50s.
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